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Elnaz Rekabi

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Elnaz Rekabi (Persian: الناز رکابی Persian pronunciation: [elˈnɒːz ɾekɒːˈbiː]; born 20 August 1989) is an Iranian competition climber. She participated at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Championships, being awarded the bronze medal in the women's combined event. Rekabi has also finished on the podium three times at the IFSC Climbing Asian Championships, with one silver and two bronze medals. She made global headlines in 2022 when she violated Iran's mandatory hijab rule while participating in the 2022 IFSC Climbing Asian Championships in Seoul, South Korea. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Elnaz Rekabi is the 5,297th most popular athlete (down from 4,352nd in 2024), the 592nd most popular biography from Iran (down from 570th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Iranian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Elnaz Rekabi ranks 5,297 out of 6,025. Before her are Yang Min, Luis Fernando López, Jakub Vadlejch, Aliaksei Abalmasau, Leslie Deniz, and Christy Opara-Thompson. After her are Shingo Suetsugu, Ekaterina Zavyalova, Queralt Castellet, Roxana Cogianu, Thibaut Vallette, and Fatima Yusuf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Elnaz Rekabi ranks 900. Before her are Fredrik Lindström, Dmitri Soloviev, Kim Tae-hwan, Hasan Ali Kaldırım, P. K. Subban, and Hernán Pérez. After her are Queralt Castellet, Zakarya Bergdich, Hiroyuki Abe, Eugenia Bujak, Elizabeta Samara, and Kylie Bunbury.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Elnaz Rekabi ranks 592 out of 631. Before her are Amir Abedzadeh (1993), Nazanin Afshin-Jam (1979), Omid Ebrahimi (1987), Toomaj Salehi (1990), Negar Javaherian (1983), and Khosro Heydari (1983). After her are Pejman Montazeri (1983), Alireza Rezaei (1976), Morteza Pouraliganji (1992), Mohammad Nosrati (1982), Amir Hossein Sadeghi (1981), and Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (1997).

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Among ATHLETES In Iran

Among athletes born in Iran, Elnaz Rekabi ranks 10. Before her are Bahman Golbarnezhad (1968), Hadi Saei (1976), Javad Foroughi (1979), Zahra Nemati (1985), Ehsan Haddadi (1985), and Behdad Salimi (1989). After her are Mohammad Hadi Saravi (1998), Kianoush Rostami (1991), Kimia Alizadeh (1998), Sohrab Moradi (1988), Mohammad Bagheri Motamed (1986), and Kamia Yousufi (1996).

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