Noshad Alamian
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Noshad Alamian in the 2016 Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Noshad Alamian Darounkolaei | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Tehran, Iran Mahshahr, Iran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 November 1991 Babol, Mazandaran, Iran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Table tennis career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing style | Left-handed Offensive; Power Spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Equipment(s) | Blade: BUTTERFLY Timo Boll ALC Forehand Rubber: BUTTERFLY Tenergy 05 2.1 Backhand Rubber: BUTTERFLY Tenergy 05 2.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 40 (December 2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 49 (August 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Petrochimi Bandar Imam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Noshad Alamian Darounkolaei (Persian: نوشاد عالمیان درونكلایی, 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 2018 Asian Games Jakarta Indonesia in single event after 52 years after beating Wung Chun Ting from Hong Kong.
His younger brother, Nima, 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.