Shabana Akhtar
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| Nationality | Pakistani | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 April 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, Long jump, High jump | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Shabana Akhtar (born April 5, 1972)[1][2] is a track and field athlete from Pakistan. She became the first Pakistani woman to compete at the Olympics when she took part in the women's long jump at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.[3][4]
Career
She is a 42-time Pakistan national champion, having won the 100m and 200m dashes from 1989 to 1998, and from 1992 to 1998 the 400 metres, long jump, high jump, 4 × 100 m Relay and 4 x 400 Relay.[5]
She has represented Pakistan at the:
- World Championships: 1993 (100 metres and 200 metres) and 1995 (100 metres)
- South Asian Games: 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995
- Women's Islamic Games: 1993, 1997
- Women's International Games: 1998, 2001
References
- ^ Akhtar's profile from the IAAF; retrieved 2011-01-24
- ^ Akhtar's bio from sports-reference.com; retrieved 2011-01-24
- ^ Pakistan's female athlete hopes to uphold Olympic spirit, published sometime in 2008; retrieved in 2011-01-24.
- ^ "First female competitors at the Olympics by country". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ Akhtar's entry from the 1998 Pakistan Sports Board awards; retrieved 2011-01-24.