Shabana Akhtar

Shabana Akhtar (born April 5, 1972)^[1]^[2] is an Olympic athlete from Pakistan. She became Pakistan's first female to compete at an Olympics when she took part in the women's long jump at the 1996 Olympics.^[3]

She is a 42-time Pakistan national champion, having won the 100m and 200m dashes from 1989–1998, and from 1992–1998 the 400 metres, long jump, high jump, 4x100m Relay and 4x400 Relay.^[4]

She represented Pakistan at the:

World Championships: 1993 and 1995
South Asian Games: 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995
Women's Islamic Games: 1993, 1997

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.
^ Akhtar's entry from the 1998 Pakistan Sports Board awards; retrieved 2011-01-24.

Persondata
Name	Akhtar, Shabana
Alternative names
Short description	Olympic track and field athlete
Date of birth	April 5, 1972
Place of birth	Pakistan
Date of death
Place of death