Shabana Akhtar

Shabana Akhtar

Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  Pakistan
South Asian Games
	1995 Madras	Long Jump

Shabana Akhtar (born April 5, 1972)[1][2] 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.[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

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.