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Pakistani long jumper
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: an Olympic 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 Olympics.

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 4x400 Relay.

She 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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