# Noshad Alamian

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.

## Best results

* 2013 – Asian Cup: 4th place
* 2012 – Asian Cup: 4th place
* 2012 – World Tour Kuwait: Winner U-21
* 2011 – Asian Cup China: 6th place
* 2010 – Asian Cup China: 11th place
* 2009 – World Junior Circuit Portugal: Runner-up
* 2009 – World Junior Circuit Qatar: Winner
* 2009 – World Junior Circuit Manama: Runner-up
* 2008 – World Junior Circuit Qatar: Winner
* 2018 – Asian Games: Bronze Medal

## Major results

| Year | Venue | Singles | Doubles | Team |
| Olympics |||||
| 2012 | London, United Kingdom | Round of 32 | | |
| 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | First Round | | |
| 2024 | Paris, France | | | |
| World Championships (Individual) |||||
| 2009 | Yokohama, Japan | Qualification | | |
| 2011 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Round of 128 | Qualification | |
| 2013 | Paris, France | Round of 32 | 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 128 | Round of 32 | |
| 2021 | Houston, United States | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | |
| 2023 | Durban, South Africa | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | |
| World Championships (Team) |||||
| 2008 | Guangzhou, China | | | 40th place |
| 2010 | Moscow, Russia | | | 35th place |
| 2012 | Dortmund, Germany | | | 33rd place |
| 2014 | Tokyo, Japan | | | 29th place |
| 2016 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | | | 33rd place |
| 2018 | Halmstad, Sweden | | | 26th place |
| 2022 | Chengdu, China | | | - |
| Asian Games |||||
| 2010 | Guangzhou, China | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Group stage |
| 2014 | Incheon, South Korea | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | |
| 2018 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Bronze medal | | Quarterfinals |
| 2022 | Hangzhou, China | Round of 16 | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| Asian Championships |||||
| 2009 | Lucknow, India | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 9th place |
| 2011 | Macau, China | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 9th place |
| 2013 | Busan, South Korea | Round of 16 | Round of 64 | 8th place |
| 2015 | Pattaya, Thailand | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 7th place |
| 2019 | Yogyakarta, Indonesia | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 7th place |
| 2021 | Doha, Qatar | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | 5th place |
| World Junior Championships |||||
| 2008 | Madrid, Spain | Quarterfinals | | |
| Islamic Solidarity Games |||||
| 2017 | Baku, Azerbaijan | Gold Medal | | Gold Medal |