Doli Akhter

Doli Akhter
Personal information
Nationality  Bangladesh
Born January 15, 1986 (1986-01-15) (age 26)
Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Sport
Sport Swimming

Doli Akhter, born January 15, 1986,[1] is an Olympic swimmer from Bangladesh.

She has swam for Bangladesh at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics. On all three occasions, she attended thanks to a wild card qualification.[2]

She competed in the 100m breaststroke in Sydney (2000), where she was disqualified.[3] In Athens (2004), she competed in the 50m freestyle. She won her heat with a time of 30.72, which was not sufficient for her to advance to the next round.[4]

Akhter won a silver medal in the 200m breaststroke event at the South Asian Games in Islamabad in 2004.[5]

She is Bangladesh's sole athlete at the 2009 World Championships (July 2009).[6]

References

  1. ^ Akhtar's entry on www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2009-07-15.
  2. ^ "Bangladesh: Dream of Olympics comes true by wild card", Xinhua, July 30, 2008
  3. ^ "Event Results: Swimming - 100m breaststroke", CNN, September 30, 2000
  4. ^ "Swimming at the 2004 Athina Summer Games: Women's 50 metres Freestyle", Sports Reference
  5. ^ "Pakistan’s Sajjad creates history", Daily Times, April 5, 2004
  6. ^ One swimmer, three officials to take part in FINA World [Championships], The New Nation; published 2009-07-17, retrieved 2009-07-17.