Mariam Sheikhalizadeh (Persian: مریم شیخعلیزاده; full legal name Mariam Sheikhalizadehkhanghah,[1] Azerbaijani: Məryəm Şeyxəlizadəxangah;[2] born 18 July 2004, in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian-Azerbaijani competition swimmer, She is a member of National Swimming Team of the Republic of Azerbaijan. She has met the 2020 Olympics qualifying time for the Women's 100 m butterfly, and represented Azerbaijan at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1][3]
Early life
editAlizadeh was born in 2004 in Tehran, Iran. When she was 11 years old, in the last competitions of the cup of martyrs viceroy of Azerbaijan on Islamic countries, held in the Tabriz, she broke 13 national records in Iran.[4][5][6] At 2018, she was invited by the Swimming Federation of the Republic of Azerbaijan and went to Baku to continue her career in the National Swimming Team of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Maryam qualified for Tokyo 2020 on this sport after participating in various swimming competitions and Budapest international swimming competitions. She is known as the first woman to qualify for the Olympics in the history of Iranian women's swimming after 43 years.[7]
2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
editMaryam Sheikh Alizadeh won two medals in the fifth edition of the Solidarity Games of Islamic countries: silver medal in 50m butterfly and bronze medal in 100m butterfly.[8][9]
Achievements
editAlizadeh took several valuable places in women's swimming after the world competitions. She won the third place in the freestyle competitions of the Slovak Republic three times within a year. Then she participated in Latvia freestyle competitions and once took second and once third place. She is now a world ranking female athlete of Swimming Federation (FINA).[10]
References
edit- ^ a b "SHEIKHALIZADEHKHANGHAH Mariam". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "Məryəm Şeyxəlizadəxangah 100 metr məsafəyə batterflay üsulla üzmə yarışında altıncı yeri tutub". Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ "Tokio-2020: Azərbaycanı Olimpiadada kimlər təmsil edəcək? (TAM SİYAHI)". Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "جابهجایی ۱۳ رکورد رده سنی در مسابقات بینالمللی شنای دختران". Iranian Swimming, Diving and Water Polo Federation. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "رکوردشکنی دختران تهرانی در جام شنای زرین". 12 March 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "ایران، قهرمان مسابقات بینالمللی شنای دختران در تبریز شد". 8 December 2017. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "Beynəlxalq federasiyadan Azərbaycanın qız idmançısı ilə bağlı QƏRAR". Archived from the original on 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "Women's 50 metre butterfly results" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "Women's 100 metre butterfly results" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "Üzgüçümüz Məryəm Şeyxəlizadəxangah finalda". 10 July 2021. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
External links
edit- Mariam Sheikhalizadeh at World Aquatics
- Mariam Sheikhalizadeh at Swimrankings.net
- Mariam Sheikhalizadeh at Olympics.com
- Mariam Sheikhalizadeh at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Məryəm Şeyxəlizadəxangah at Olympedia
- Məryəm Şeyxəlizadəxangah at Olympic.az (in Azerbaijani)
