Nima Alamian (; born 24 December 1992 in Babol«مصاحبه اختصاصی با نیما عالمیان ملی پوش کشور», (Persian)) is an Iranian table tennis player. He won at the 2016 Asian qualification tournament and qualified to the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he came in 49th.
Alamian won a bronze medal in doubles event at the WTT contender series Qatar 2021.
He also booked his place at Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics after winning a gold medal at the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in Doha, Qatar. Nima Alamian defeated Uzbekistan's Zokida Kenjaev 4-2 (8-11, 7–11, 11–4, 11–4, 13–11, 11–7) in the final match. Alamian will represent Iran at the Games after securing the top spot in the Central Asia region men's singles event. He has qualified to represent Iran at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
His older brother, Noshad, is also a table tennis player. Playing together in the men's team and men's doubles events at the 2022 Asian Games, the brothers won two bronze medals.
On 9 January 2026, Alamian publicly commented on the 2025–2026 Iranian protests on his Instagram, stating: "Pray for Iran".https://www.iranintl.com/202601093169
Major results YearVenue SinglesDoublesTeam Olympics 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil First Round 2020 Tokyo, Japan First Round 2024 Paris, France Round of 64 World Championships (Individual)2011 Rotterdam, Netherlands Qualification Qualification 2013 Paris, France Qualification 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 64 Round of 32 2021 Houston, United States Round of 32 2023 Durban, South Africa Round of 128 Round of 64 2025 Doha, Qatar did not participateWorld Championships (Team)2012 Dortmund, Germany 33rd place2014 Tokyo, Japan 29th place2016 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 33rd place 2018 Halmstad, Sweden 26th place 2022 Chengdu, China Group Stage 2024 Busan, China Round of 16 2026 London, England did not participateAsian Games2014 Incheon, South Korea Round of 16 Round of 16 2018 Jakarta, Indonesia Round of 16 Quarterfinals 2022 Hangzhou, China Bronze medal Bronze medal 2026 Nagoya, Japan Quarterfinals QuarterfinalsAsian Championships 2011 Macau, China Round of 64 Round of 32 9th place 2013 Busan, South Korea Round of 16 Round of 64 8th place 2017 Wuxi, China did not participate 2019 Yogyakarta, Indonesia Round of 32 Round of 16 7th place 2021 Doha, Qatar Round of 32 Quarterfinals 5th place 2023 Pyeongchang, South Korea Round of 64 Quarterfinals 6th place 2024 Astana, Kazakhstan did not participate Islamic Solidarity Games 2017 Baku, Azerbaijan Silver Medal Gold Medal 2022 Konya, Turkey Silver Medal Gold Medal
References
External links
Nima Alamian at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)