Noshad Alamian Darounkolaei (, born 21 November 1991 in Babol) is an Iranian table tennis player.
Alamian made a breakthrough at 2008 ITTF World Junior Championships held in Madrid, Spain by beating junior world no. 1 Kenta Matsudaira; despite being coachless, he finished 5th overall.
He won the 2009 Doha Junior Open, as part of the ITTF Junior Circuit beating Paraguayan Marcelo Aguirre in the final, 4–3.
He also won a bronze medal in doubles event at the WTT contender series Qatar 2021.
In 2012 and 2016, he played in the Summer Olympics.
He has won a bronze medal in the 2018 Asian Games Jakarta Indonesia, the first for Iran in a singles event since 52 years, after beating Wong Chun Ting from Hong Kong.
His younger brother, Nima Alamian, is table tennis player too. Playing together in the men's team and men's doubles events at the 2022 Asian Games, the brothers won two bronze medals for Iran.
He qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games through the ranking.
Best results 2013 – Asian Cup: 4th place 2012 – Asian Cup: 4th place 2012 – World Tour Kuwait: Winner U-21 2011 – Asian Cup China: 6th place 2010 – Asian Cup China: 11th place 2009 – World Junior Circuit Portugal: Runner-up 2009 – World Junior Circuit Qatar: Winner 2009 – World Junior Circuit Manama: Runner-up 2008 – World Junior Circuit Qatar: Winner 2018 – Asian Games: Bronze Medal
Major results
Year Venue Singles Doubles Team Olympics 2012 London, United Kingdom Round of 32 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil First Round 2024 Paris, France Round of 32 World Championships (Individual) 2009 Yokohama, Japan Qualification 2011 Rotterdam, Netherlands Round of 128 Qualification 2013 Paris, France Round of 32 Round of 64 2015 Suzhou, China Round of 128 Round of 64 2017 Düsseldorf, Germany Round of 64 Round of 32 2019 Budapest, Hungary Round of 128 Round of 32 2021 Houston, United States Round of 64 Round of 32 2023 Durban, South Africa Round of 32 Round of 64 2025 Doha, Qatar Round of 64 World Championships (Team) 2008 Guangzhou, China 40th place 2010 Moscow, Russia 35th place 2012 Dortmund, Germany 33rd place 2014 Tokyo, Japan 29th place 2016 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 33rd place 2018 Halmstad, Sweden 26th place 2022 Chengdu, China Group Stage 2024 Busan, South Korea Round of 16 2026 London, England did not participate Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou, China Round of 16 Round of 32 Group stage 2014 Incheon, South Korea Round of 16 Round of 16 2018 Jakarta, Indonesia Bronze medal Quarterfinals 2022 Hangzhou, China Round of 16 Bronze medal Bronze medal 2026 Nagoya, Japan Bronze medal Quarterfinals Quarterfinals Asian Championships 2009 Lucknow, India Round of 64 Round of 64 9th place 2011 Macau, China Round of 64 Round of 32 9th place 2013 Busan, South Korea Round of 16 Round of 64 8th place 2015 Pattaya, Thailand Round of 64 Round of 16 7th place 2017 Wuxi, China 2019 Yogyakarta, Indonesia Round of 32 Round of 16 7th place 2021 Doha, Qatar Round of 16 Quarterfinals 5th place 2023 Pyeongchang, South Korea Round of 16 Quarterfinals 6th place 2024 Astana, Kazakhstan Round of 16Round of 32 8th place World Junior Championships 2008 Madrid, Spain Quarterfinals Islamic Solidarity Games 2017 Baku, Azerbaijan Gold Medal Gold Medal 2022 Konya, Turkey Gold Medal
References
External links
Noshad Alamian at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)