Nahid Kiani

Nahid Kiani Chandeh (Persian: ناهید کیانی, born 1 August 1998^[1] in Isfahan^[3]) is an Iranian taekwondo athlete. She is the first Iranian woman to win a silver medal at the Olympics in the 2024 Summer Olympics, Taekwondo Women's 57 kg event, also she won the gold medal in the women's bantamweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships.^[4]

Nahid Kiani
Kiani at the Asian Games 2018
Born	Nahid Kiani Chandeh 1 August 1998 (1998-08) (age 27) Isfahan, Iran
Native name	ناهید کیانی
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb; 9 st 0 lb)
Style	Taekwondo
Medal record Women's Taekwondo Representing  Iran Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 0 World Championships 1 0 0 Grand Prix 0 2 0 Asian Games 0 0 1 Asian Championships 1 1 2 World Junior Championships 0 0 1 Islamic Solidarity Games 2 0 0 Universiade 1 0 1 Total 5 4 5 Olympic Games 2024 Paris 57 kg World Championships 2023 Baku 53 kg Grand Prix 2023 Rome 57 kg 2023 Taiyuan 57 kg Asian Games 2018 Jakarta 49 kg Asian Championships 2022 Chuncheon 53 kg 2018 Ho Chi Minh City 49 kg 2016 Manila 46 kg 2021 Beirut 57 kg World Junior Championships 2014 Taipei 46 kg Islamic Solidarity Games 2017 Baku 53 kg 2021 Konya 53 kg Universiade 2023 Chengdu 53 kg 2017 Taipei 53 kg
[1][2] Last updated on: 11 December 2024

Personal life

Kiani is from Bakhtiari people and grew up in Isfahan. She started taekwondo when she was eight years old with her sister Mahtab Kiani.^[5]

Career

She won bronze medals at the 2016 Asian Championships and 2018 Asian Games.^[2] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics where she was eliminated by Kimia Alizadeh.^[6]

She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the 57 kg event.^[7][8]

Tokyo 2020 Olympics

At the Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualification event in the 57 kg weight category, Nahid Kiani secured a gold medal and an Olympic spot by defeating her Jordanian opponent. During the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Kiani faced a controversial match against Kimia Alizadeh, a former Iranian taekwondo athlete competing for the Refugee Team. Kiani lost the match and was subsequently eliminated from the competition.^[9]

Paris 2024 Olympics

Kiani qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics by ranking among the top five in the Olympic rankings of the World Taekwondo Federation in the women's 57 kg weight category. In her first match at the Olympics, she once again faced Kimia Alizadeh. Despite losing the first round 10-7, Kiani won the next two rounds with scores of 6-5 and 7-7, advancing to the next stage. Kiani then defeated opponents from Tunisia and Lebanon in the quarterfinals and semifinals to reach the final match. In the final, she faced South Korea's Kim Yu-jin and earned a silver medal. This achievement made her the third Iranian woman to win an Olympic medal and the highest-ranking female Iranian Olympian with a silver medal.^[9]

Honors and medals

• Bronze Medal at the World Junior Championships in Taipei, China (2014)
• Gold Medal at the Asian Junior Championships in Taipei, China (2015)
• Bronze Medal at the 2016 Asian Taekwondo Championships in the Philippines
• Gold Medal at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku
• Bronze Medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade (Seniors) in Taiwan
• Bronze Medal at the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia
• Bronze Medal at the 2018 World Taekwondo President's Cup in Iran
• Silver Medal at the 2018 Asian Taekwondo Championships in Vietnam
• Gold Medal at the 2019 International Fajr Tournament (Seniors) in Iran
• Gold Medal and secured a spot at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Jordan (2021)
• Silver Medal at the 2021 International Fajr Cup in Tehran
• Gold Medal at the 2021 Asian Open Championships in Tehran
• Gold Medal at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya (2022)
• Gold Medal at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships in Baku
• Silver Medal at the 2023 Rome Grand Prix
• Silver Medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics^[10]