Atefeh Ahmadi

Atefeh Ahmadi
Personal information
Born23 December 2000 (2000-12-23) (age 23)
Tehran, Iran
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Iran
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Darbandsar Super-G
Silver medal – second place 2022 Mzaar Slalom
Silver medal – second place 2022 Mzaar Giant slalom

Atefeh Ahmadi (Persian: عاطفه احمدی; born 23 December 2000) is an alpine skier from Iran.[1] She is a silver medalist in the Super-G event of the 2018 Asian Alpine Ski Championships.[2]

Her father was a member of the Iranian national cross-country skiing team. He also became the first coach for Atefa and her sister Hadis.[3]

She has been performing at the adult level since 2017; the next season, she won her first gold in the National Championship, held in Darbandsar. In the giant slalom competition, Ahmadi defeated her more experienced rivals Forough Abbasi and Marjan Kalhor.[4]

She qualified for the 2022 Winter Olympics.[5] She competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. She was the only woman from Iran to take part and was Iran's flag bearer. In January 2023, she applied for asylum in Germany. Officially, she had travelled to Europe to prepare for the World Championships in France in February.[6]

In December 2023, Ahmadi became the first FIS Athlete to gain Refugee status.[7]

  1. ^ Iranian women's ski coach barred from going to world championships by husband
  2. ^ "The 27th Asian Alpine Ski Championships" (PDF). Asian Ski Federation. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  3. ^ Iranian female skier cuts icy path to Beijing Olympics
  4. ^ Iranian Championship. Giant slalom. Results.
  5. ^ "Alpine Skiing quotas list for Olympic Winter Games 2022". data.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). 15 June 2021. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  6. ^ Iranische Olympionikin beantragt Asyl in Deutschland, 1. February 2023
  7. ^ "First-ever athlete granted FIS Refugee Team status". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2023-12-29.