WGMMitra Hejazipour

Mitra Hejazipour was born in Mashhad and won world girls' under-10 silver in 2003. She joined Iran's Women's Olympiad team in 2008. She became Iranian women's champion in 2012 and finished runner-up in the following two editions. At the 2015 Women's World Championship, she faced Pia Cramling in the opening round. Later that year, victory in the Asian Continental Women's Championship in Al Ain brought her the Woman Grandmaster title and qualification for the next world championship. She subsequently settled in France and won the women's section of the French international rapid championship in 2019. After competing without a hijab at the World Rapid and Blitz Championships in Moscow, she was removed from Iran's national team in 2020. She began representing France in 2021. She obtained French citizenship in March 2023 and won the French Women's Championship later that year.