Doli Akhter

Doli Akhter

Personal information
Nationality	Bangladesh
Born	15 January 1986
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Medal record South Asian Games Islamabad 2004 200m Breaststroke

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

She has swum 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, 30 July 2008
3. "Event Results: Swimming - 100m breaststroke", CNN, 30 September 2000
4. "Swimming at the 2004 Athina Summer Games: Women's 50 metres Freestyle", Sports Reference
5. "Pakistan’s Sajjad creates history", Daily Times, 5 April 2004
6. One swimmer, three officials to take part in FINA World [Championships], The New Nation; published 17 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-17.