MALAEI Nazanin

Islamic Republic of Iran

Date of Birth: 28 Jan 1992

Age: 31

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.73/5'8''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
Additional Information
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rowing	Lightweight Women's Double Sculls IRI Islamic Rep. of Iran	4
	Women's Quadruple Sculls IRI Islamic Rep. of Iran	2

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Fuyang Water Sports Centre	Women's Light-weight Double Sculls Heat 2 #2	Finished
	Fuyang Water Sports Centre	Women's Quadruple Sculls Preliminary Race #21	Finished
	Fuyang Water Sports Centre	Women's Light-weight Double Sculls Final A #41	Finished
	Fuyang Water Sports Centre	Women's Quadruple Sculls Final A #58	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Asian Games
2	Women's Lightweight Single Sculls	2018	Indonesia	8:19.28
3	Women's Lightweight Quadruple Sculls	2014	Incheon, KOR	7:37.24
5	Women's Lightweight Double Sculls	2010	Guangzhou, CHN	7:30.15
6	Women's Quadruple Sculls	2014	Incheon, KOR	7:08.89
Olympic Games
11	Women's Single Sculls	2020	Tokyo, JPN	7:42.57
World Championships
8	Women's Lightweight Single Sculls	2022	Racice, CZE	7:41.95
12	Women's Lightweight Quadruple Sculls	2011	Bled, SLO	7:19.29
Asian Championships
1	Women's Single Sculls	2022	Rayong, THA	9:01.39
1	Women's Double Sculls	2022	Rayong, THA	7:59.55
1	Women's Lightweight Single Sculls	2022	Rayong, THA	8:45.26
1	Women's Lightweight Single Sculls	2019	Chungju, KOR	8:08.43
1	Women's Lightweight Single Sculls	2017	Pattaya, THA	7:18.71
2	Women's Lightweight Single Sculls	2015	Beijing, CHN	8:13.54
2	Women's Lightweight Quadruple Sculls	2013	Lu'an, CHN	6:44.68
3	Women's Double Sculls	2015	Beijing, CHN	7:21.45

Golden (Athlete, 23 Sep 2023)

Going to restaurants and cafes with friends, watching movies. (Athlete, 23 Sep 2023)

Occupation:

Athlete, Coach, Public Servant

Sport Management, Sports Administration - Islamic Azad University, Islamic Republic of Iran

Languages spoken:

Afshin Farzam [national]

In early 2023 she suffered a shoulder injury. She needed three and a half months to recover. (Athlete, 23 Sep 2023)

In 2021 she sustained a lower back injury during a training camp four months prior to the 2020 Olympic Games and missed 20 days of training. The injury was reaggravated two weeks before the Games. She continued training and competed in Tokyo despite the injury. (Athlete, 23 Sep 2023; capitannews, 04 Feb 2022)

In 2007 she passed the first stage of a rowing talent search thanks to her running ability and physical fitness. After that, because she knew how to swim, she was invited to rowing training courses and eventually decided to continue with the sport. (photokade, 01 Jan 2018)

"I did not like rowing from the beginning, but the energy water transmits made me stick with it. After [Iranian rower] Homa Hosseini qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and was the flag bearer of Iran [during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Games], I was inspired to be like her. After one year of rowing I went to the national team. The first day I was there, one of the coaches from Germany said to me, 'You're not good for rowing'. He said it in front of all the athletes. He said I would be a coxswain because I am so small, that I couldn't be successful in rowing. This speech from the coach was good for me. On that day, I said to myself, 'I will show him who I am'." (worldrowing, 26 Jul 2021; photokade, 01 Jan 2018)

To win a gold medal at the Olympic Games. (Athlete, 23 Sep 2023)

Finishing 11th in the single sculls event at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and winning gold medals at the Asian championships. (Athlete, 23 Sep 2023)

Iranian rower Homa Hosseini. (photokade, 01 Jan 2018)

Philosophy:

"Anything you want is possible." (Athlete, 23 Sep 2023)

Additional Information

General
GOLDEN AMBITION
Speaking in 2020 she said that her ultimate goal in rowing is to win gold at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. "Many think this is impossible, but I think it is possible. Maybe no one [representing the Islamic Republic of Iran] has achieved it in all these years and that is why they see an Olympic medal in rowing as out of reach, but I know that all the rowers who have stood on the Olympic podium have reached their goal after 20 years of rowing, and this is not a goal you can achieve with five or 10 years of training. In rowing you need endurance and experience. A new rower reaches the endurance cycle after age 25 or 30, and their physical capacity increases and the athlete gains the necessary experience. Therefore, no one can win an Olympic medal with five, 10 or even 15 years of rowing. I have been rowing non-stop for 14 years now and I will be rowing for another 10 years to reach the Olympic podium." (khabarvarzeshi, 31 Dec 2020)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied for a master's degree in sport management at Allameh Tabataba'i University in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. (Athlete, 23 Sep 2023; LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2021)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She has served as a member of the athletes' commission at World Rowing. (jamaran, 09 Dec 2022; irna, 19 Nov 2022; World Rowing Athletes Commission Facebook page, 31 Oct 2022)

Legend

:: Silver Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event