Zahra Kiani

Zahra Kiani (Persian: زهرا کیانی; born September 26, 1999, Esfahan) is an Iranian Wushu (Taolu) athlete. Kiani is the 6th world junior Wushu championships Changquan and Qiangshu gold medalist. She also won the silver medal for Jianshu with the score of 9.39 behind the Chinese athlete Mengxuan ZHENG who won the gold medal with the score of 9.40. Kiani was the most medal winning athlete of the 6th world junior Wushu championships and was called "The Phenomenal". She is the first Iranian female athlete who won a medal in a world Wushu championship when winning the silver medal with the score of 9.52 following the Russian athlete Sandra Konstentinova with the score of 9.53.[1]

Zahra Kiani
Zahra kiani in 2018 asian games
Personal information
NationalityIranian
Born26 September 1999 (1999-09-26) (age 21)
Esfahan, Iran
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Country Iran
SportWushu
Event(s)Taolu

Wushu career

Her first international competition was when she was 10 years old at the 3rd world junior Wushu championships where she managed to win a silver medal. Kiani has won 17 medals in world and Asian championships since 2010 which makes her the most decorated Iranian taolu athlete.

YearEventMedalsReferences
20103rd world junior wushu championships
2011Asian junior wushu championships
20137th Asian junior wushu championships
20145th world junior wushu championships
2015Asian junior wushu championships
201513th world wushu championships
20166th world junior wushu championships
2017 14th World Wushu Championships [2]
2018 2018 Asian Games [3]

References

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