Mabia Akhter
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| Native name | মাবিয়া আকতার সীমান্ত | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Mabia Akhter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Mabia Akhter Simanta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Simanta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Bangladeshi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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7 October 1999[1] Madaripur, Bangladesh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |
 Bangladesh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 63 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mabia Akhter Simanta (born 7 October 1999) is a Bangladeshi weightlifter. She was born in Madaripur. She won gold medal in the women's 63 kg weight class at the 2016 South Asian Games at Guwahati.[4][5] She also won a gold in youth section and two silver medals in senior & juniors section in the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship in Pune, India in October 2015 in the women's 63 kg category. She lifted a total weight of 176 kg in winning the gold medal.[1][6]
Early life
Akhter's father Harunur Rashid was a small grocery owner.[7]
Career
She came into weightlifting by her maternal uncle, Shahadat Kazi in 2010.[7] She won a bronze in the 2012 South Asian Weightlifting Championship, silver in the 2013 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship in Malaysia.[8]
She is going to compete in 2016 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Uzbekistan in April. In this competition, she can get a Olympics wild card to participate in 2016 Summer Olympics.[7]
She got a job in Bangladesh Ansar.
Personal life
Mabia Akhter came from a poor family. At one time her study has stopped due to poverty. Now she admitted in Bangladesh Open University to continue her study.[7]
See also
- Mahfuza Khatun, Bangladeshi swimmer
External links
- Interview in Prothom Alo published in 16 February 2016. (Bengali)
References
- 1 2 3 "2015 Commonwealth Youth Championships Pune – India October 11-15" (PDF). Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
- ↑ "2015 Commonwealth Senior Championships Pune – India October 11-15" (PDF). Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
- ↑ "2015 Commonwealth Juniors Championships Pune – INDIA October 11-15" (PDF). Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
- ↑ "SA Games: Mabia wins first gold medal for BD". Daily Sun (Bangladesh) (Dhaka). 2016-02-07. Archived from the original on 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
- ↑ "Bangladesh's Mabia Akhter earns gold in women's weightlifting in South Asian Games". Bdnews24.com (Dhaka). 2016-02-07. Archived from the original on 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
The 16-year old beat competitors from Sri Lanka and Nepal in the 63kg class in Guwahati, India on Sunday.
- ↑ "Simanta clinches one gold and two silvers". The Independent (Bangladesh newspaper) (Dhaka). 2015-10-15. Archived from the original on 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
- 1 2 3 4 Badiuzzaman (2016-04-16). "অলিম্পিকের হাতছানি" [Olympics opportunities]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali) (Dhaka). Archived from the original on 2016-04-17. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
- ↑ Rahman, Anisur (2016-02-08). "Mabia, Mahfuza make it Bangladesh's day". The Daily Star (Bangladesh) (Dhaka). Archived from the original on 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
Mabia was brought into weightlifting by her maternal uncle in 2010 and since then the girl from Madaripur won herself many international medals including a bronze in the 2012 South Asian Weightlifting Championship, silver in the 2013 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship and gold in the 2015 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship.