Tahmina Begum

Tahmina Begum
Born1993 (age 21–22)
Tower Hamlets, London, England
Other occupationPE assistant
YearsRole
2010–presentReferee

Tahmina Begum (Bengali: তাহমিনা বেগম; born 1993) is an English football referee and PE assistant. In 2010, she became the first qualified female referee of Bangladeshi descent in the United Kingdom.

Education and career

In 2010, at the age of 17, Begum was part of a group of 12 that passed a referee course organised by the Bangladesh Football Association (BFA). She was the only female on the course and had to convince her parents to do the course.[1] Since then she has been officiating in BFA football matches[2] and other local leagues in East London.[1]

Begum is a trained basketball coach. She has achieved the Community Sports Leaders Award (CSLA), which secured her a job as a PE assistant[1] and multi-sports coach[3] at a primary school in Tower Hamlets.[4] She is one of the deputy Young Mayors of Tower Hamlets.[1] She is currently studying at University of Greenwich.[3]

Awards

In October 2010, Begum was awarded the Chelsea Community Sports Award[2] for Football In The Community at the GG2 Leadership and Diversity Awards.[5]

Personal life

After being selected through the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games programme[6] to be an Olympic torchbearer in recognition of her sporting achievements. On 21 July 2012, Begum carried the Olympic Torch in Stepney Green, London.[7][8][9][10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "17-year-old becomes London's first Bangladeshi female referee". Kick It Out. 26 March 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Female Referee Scoop Chelsea Community Sports". Chelsea FC. 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Tahmina Makes us Proud". London: Bangladesh Football Association (UK). 24 July 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  4. ↑ Rahman, Emdad (23 March 2010). "UK's first Bangladeshi female Ref". London: Emdad Rahman. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  5. ↑ Devraj, Sam (16 October 2010). "Baroness Warsi scoops top prize at GG2 Awards". Guravi Gujarat. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  6. ↑ "LONDON 2012 - Day 64: Gymnast Nadia Comaneci and former basketball player John Amaechi to take the Olympic Flame to the roof of the North Greenwich Arena". GERMAN ROAD RACES. 21 July 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  7. ↑ Kvist, Else (21 July 2012). "Olympic torch carried through Stepney Green Park by first Bangladeshi woman football referee in Tower Hamlets". London: London 24. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  8. ↑ Kvist, Else (21 July 2012). "Olympic torch carried through Stepney Green Park by first Bangladeshi woman football referee in Tower Hamlets". London: The Docklands & East London Advertiser. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  9. ↑ "Olympic Torch carrier by Bangladeshi women". 2 Day Women. July 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  10. ↑ "Olympic flame comes to Tower Hamlets". London: Amp. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2012.

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