Zahra Kiani

Zahra Kiani

Zahra Kiani at the 2018 Asian Games
Personal information
Born	26 September 1999 (1999-09-26) (age 24) Harchegan, Iran
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Sport	Wushu
Event(s)	Changquan Jianshu, Qiangshu
Medal record Representing Iran Women's Wushu Taolu World Championships 2015 Jakarta Changquan (Compulsory) 2017 Kazan Jianshu 2019 Shanghai Changquan World Cup 2016 Fuzhou Changquan 2016 Fuzhou Jianshu Asian Games 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Jianshu+Qiangshu World Junior Championships 2014 Antalya Changquan (B) 2014 Antalya Jianshu (B) 2016 Burgas Changquan (A) 2016 Burgas Qiangshu (A) 2010 Singapore Jianshu (C) 2016 Burgas Jianshu (B) 2014 Antalya Qiangshu (B) Asian Junior Championships 2011 Shanghai Jianshu (C) 2015 Xilinhot Changquan (A) 2015 Xilinhot Qiangshu (A) 2011 Shanghai Changquan (C) 2013 Manila Jianshu (B) 2015 Xilinhot Jianshu (A) 2013 Manila Changquan (B)

Zahra Kiani (Persian: زهرا کیانی; born September 26, 1999, in Harchegan) is a wushu taolu athlete from Iran. She is a four-time world junior champion and a silver medalist at the Asian Games.

Career

Junior

Kiani's first major international competition was at the 2010 World Junior Wushu Championships where she earned the silver medal in girl's group C jianshu. She then made her debut at the Asian Junior Wushu Championships in 2011 where she won a gold medal in jianshu and a silver medal in jianshu. Two years later at the 2013 Asian Junior Wushu Championships, she earned a silver medal in jianshu and a bronze medal in changquan. A year later at the 2014 World Junior Wushu Championships, she won two gold medals and a bronze medal. The following year at the 2015 World Wushu Championships, she won the silver medal in compulsory changquan. That same year, she won two gold medals and a silver medal at the 2015 Asian Junior Wushu Championships and achieved the same result at her last junior competition which was the 2016 World Junior Wushu Championships.

Senior

With her high placements at the 2015 world championships, Kiani qualified for the 2016 Taolu World Cup where she earned a silver medal in changquan and a bronze medal in jianshu. A year later at the 2017 World Wushu Championships, she earned another bronze medal in jianshu. At the 2018 Asian Games, she won the silver medal in women's jianshu and qiangshu combined. Her most recent competition was at the 2019 World Wushu Championships where she won a bronze medal in changquan.

External links

• Athlete profile at the 2018 Asian Games