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Pakistani athlete
Shabana Akhtar
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  Pakistan
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1995 Madras Long Jump

Shabana Akhtar (born April 5, 1972) is a track and field athlete from Pakistan. She became Pakistan's first woman to compete at the Olympics when she took part in the women's long jump at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

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.

She has represented Pakistan at the:

References

  1. Akhtar's profile from the IAAF; retrieved 2011-01-24
  2. Akhtar's bio from sports-reference.com; retrieved 2011-01-24
  3. Pakistan's female athlete hopes to uphold Olympic spirit, published sometime in 2008; retrieved in 2011-01-24.
  4. "First female competitors at the Olympics by country". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  5. Akhtar's entry from the 1998 Pakistan Sports Board awards; retrieved 2011-01-24.


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