Ali Zand ( fa, علی زند born May 25, 1999, June) is an Iranian
karate
(; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the ...
ka.
was born in 1999 in
Arak.
Karate
(; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the ...
can be seen from the age of four under the supervision of his
coach
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Guidance/instruction
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(Ghasem Shahrjerdi) and he is active in the Shitorio style. He has been in the national team camps since 2008, and together with his teammates won the first Iranian Men's Kata Team Adult Medal in the
Karate World Championships
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in
Madrid
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in 2018.
Achievements
Early life
Zand began karate at the age of four with Nosrat Karimi and continued the sport under Qasim Shahrjerdi.
He is currently an undergraduate biology student at Shahid Bahonar Cultural University of Isfahan
and has obtained his diploma in experimental science.
Sports career
He has been in the national team camps since 2008, and together with his teammates won the first Iranian Men's Kata Team Adult Medal in the
Karate World Championships
The Karate World Championships, also known as the World Karate Championships, are the highest level of competition for karate organized by the World Karate Federation (WKF). The competition is held in a different city every two years. Championshi ...
in
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...
in 2018.
Honors
World Championship
* 2018 Bronze Kata Team Medal of the World Championships in Spain
Students of the world
* 2018 Japan Kata Team Bronze Medal Team of the Year 6 Japan
Asian
* 2017 Silver Team Kata Silver Team of the Year Kazakhstan 5
* 2013 UAE Solo Kata Bronze Medal of the Year, UAE
* 2019 Uzbekistan Team Kata Bronze Medal of the Year 6 Uzbekistan
* 2021 Silver Team Kata, Almaty
World League
* 2013 Gold Kata Solo Gold medal in the World Championships in Turkey
* 2018 Bronze Kate Medal of the French World League Team Championship of the Year
* 2019 Bronze Kata Team of the Emirates World League Team Championship of the Year
* 2019 Team Kata Bronze Medal of the World Championship Tournament of the Year 6 Turkey
World Cup
* 2016 Gold medal in the Kata Individual World Cup in Urmia
* 2019 Gold Medal Kata Individual World Cup Tournament Urmia
* 2016 Gold medal for Team Kata in Urmia World Cup
* 2017 Gold medal for Team Kata in Urmia World Cup
* 2018 Urmia World Cup Solo Kata Bronze Medal
References
External links
the instagram page of Ali Zand
People from Arak, Iran
Living people
1999 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
Iranian male karateka
21st-century Iranian people
Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in karate
Islamic Solidarity Games bronze medalists for Iran
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