Shahida Abbasi (born c1995) is a Pakistani karateka. She is the first Pakistani woman to compete internationally in kata.[1][2]
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Medal record
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Background
editAbbasi belongs to the Hazara community of Quetta, Balochistan.[3][1] She is the second of four daughters of her parents.[3]
Career
editAbbasi started learning karate in 2004.[3] She is coached by Muhammad Shah.[3] She is also learning the martial art of Sholokan and teaching karate in her hometown.[1] Her sensei is Ghulam Ali.[4]
National
editAbbasi initially represented her home province, Balochistan and now represents WAPDA in national competitions.[4] While representing Balochistan at the 31st National Games held in Peshawar in 2010, she won a silver medal alongside her teammates: Naz and Zahara in team kata.[5] At the 13th National Karate Championships held at the Nishtar Park Sports Complex Gymnasium Hall in Lahore, Abbasi won gold in individual kata.[6] And the National Games held in Peshawar in November 2019, Abbasi won 2 gold medals, in individual kata[7] and in team (3 persons) kata.[8]
International
editAt the 3rd South Asian Karate Championships held in New Delhi, India in 2016, Abbasi won three bronze medals: kata (individual and team) and kumite (-45 kg) individual event.[9] In 2017, at the 4th South Asian Karate Championships held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Abbasi won four bronze medals: kata (individual and team) and kumite (-45 kg and team).[10] Abbasi also participated in the Islamic Solidarity Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan.[4] At the South Asian Games held in Kathmandu, Nepal in December 2019, Abbasi won the gold medal in the individual kata event[11] with 42 points[12] which was the country's first gold medal at these Games.[13] She also claimed another gold in the women's team kumite alongside her teammates: Kulsoom Hazara, Sana Kausar, Nargis Hameedullah, Sabira Gul.[11] In the women's team kata event she won silver alongside Nargis Hameedullah and Naz Gul.[11][14]
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Meet Shahida – The first international Kata karate player | SAMAA". Samaa TV. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ "Shahida Abbassi Pakistan's first international female Kata Karate player". ARY NEWS. 2017-07-20. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ a b c d "Activist-athlete boosts image of Balochistan". Arab News. 2019-12-04. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ a b c Karateka Shahida vows to win medals for Pakistan by Mohsin Ali, 29 December 2017 The Nation. Retrieved 19 November 2020
- ^ "National Games 2010: Nasim, Liaquat crowned 100m champions". DAWN.COM. 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
- ^ "Wapda karatekas dominate 2nd day's proceedings in Chief Minister Punjab National Karate Championship, 24 Aug, 2019 | Sports Board Punjab". sportsboard.punjab.gov.pk. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
- ^ "News, National Games 2019". nationalgames2019.pk. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
- ^ "Result: Team Kata (3) - National Games 2019". nationalgames2019.pk. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
- ^ "South Asian Karate Championships (results)". www.sportdata.org. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
- ^ "Pakistan Karate Federation, Pakistan Olympic Association". www.nocpakistan.org. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
- ^ a b c Reporter, The Newspaper's Sports (2020-05-14). "SAG medallists of judo and karate awarded". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ "Shahida Hazara Wins First Gold in South Asian Game". phcsingapore.org. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ wmc (2019-12-02). "Shahida Abbasi gives Pakistan the first gold medal in the South Asian Games". Women Media Center. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ "Karate". South Asian Games Nepal 2019. Retrieved 2020-11-16.