Ali Zand
Ali Zand is an Iranian karateka. was born in 1999 in Arak. Karate can be seen from the age of four under the supervision of his coach 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 in Madrid in 2018.
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event |
| 2013 | Asian Championships | Dubai, Emirates | 3rd | Individual kata |
| 2017 | Asian Championships | Astana, Kazakhstan | 2nd | Team kata |
| 2018 | World Championships | Madrid, Spain | 3rd | Team kata |
| 2019 | Asian Championships | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 3rd | Team kata |
| 2021 | Asian Championships | Almaty, Kazakhstan | - | - |
| 2021 | Asian Championships | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 2nd | Team kata |
| 2022 | Islamic Solidarity Games | Konya, Turkey | - | - |
| 2022 | Islamic Solidarity Games | Konya, Turkey | 3rd | Team kata |
| 2022 | Asian Championships | Tashkent, Kazakhstan | 3rd | Individual kata |
| 2022 | Asian Championships | Tashkent, Kazakhstan | 3rd | Team kata |
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 in Madrid 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