Athletes – Pakpedia https://www.pakpedia.pk Pakistan's Biggest Online Encyclopedia Sun, 13 Sep 2020 03:44:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.5 https://www.pakpedia.pk/files/Image/cropped-pakpedia-32x32.png Athletes – Pakpedia https://www.pakpedia.pk 32 32 Ayesha Ayaz https://www.pakpedia.pk/ayesha-ayaz/ https://www.pakpedia.pk/ayesha-ayaz/#respond Tue, 12 Feb 2019 08:49:20 +0000 https://pakpedia.pk/ayesha-ayaz/ Ayesha Ayaz is the youngest Pakistani girl to represent her country in the Taekwondo Game at the international level. She hails from Swat and has won many medals for Pakistan in this game, including Taekwondo’s gold medal. This article has all the details about her, including Ayesha Ayaz Biography.

Title Description
Personal
Name: Ayesha Ayaz
In Urdu: عائشہ ایاز
Famous As: Youngest taekwondo athlete
Nationality: Pakistani
Residence: Swat
Education: She is completing her schooling
Religion: Islam
Profession: Youngest taekwondo athlete
Awards : bronze medal
Born
Place: Swat
Family
Spouse: Unmarried
Parents: Ayaz Naik (Father)
Siblings : Not known

Ayesha Ayaz Biography

Ayesha Ayaz Biography

Being the youngest female athlete of Pakistan, Ayesha has done very well as a Taekwondo player. She has represented Pakistan in various competitions and has won many medals for her country.  Only at the age of eight, she played in the Fujairah Taekwondo Championship and represented Pakistan.

She showed her talent in the game and won three bronze medals at the end of the competition. Ayesha became the youngest competitor to win the bronze medal in the seventh edition of the championship. She dedicated her medals to the current Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan and desired to show him her medals.

PM Imran, on a tweet, appreciated her success and also invited her to the PM House. Besides playing at the international level, she has also played Taekwondo at the District level and has achieved a lot of success. She recently participated in the 8th Fujairah Taekwondo Open Championship and featured in the competition for Pakistan.

This time Ayesha made more highlights in the media as she achieved her first Gold medal for Pakistan at the end of the tournament.

Education of Ayesha

She is enrolled in the best school academy, at her hometown in Swat. Currently, she is studying in fourth grade.

Ayesha Ayaz gold medal

Ayesha Ayaz Family

She is the daughter of Muhammad Ayaz Naik, who also played the Taekwondo game. He currently runs his academy and teaches youngsters Taekwondo games, which has helped in growing the interest of children in his area in the game.

She practiced the Taekwondo game under her father’s coaching and practiced it along with her brothers Zaryab Khan and Zeeyab Khan, who are also national champions of the game.

ayesha ayaz athlete

Future Plans

Ayesha has said in the media that she wants to represent Pakistan in the Olympics games and wants to win the Gold medal for her country. Her father, Muhammad Ayaz Naik, is also determined to support her in achieving her dream, but he wants the government to support her in pursuing her dream as many young athletes lose the passion in the game when their efforts and achievements are not recognized at the government level.

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Sahib-e-Asra https://www.pakpedia.pk/sahib-e-asra/ https://www.pakpedia.pk/sahib-e-asra/#respond Thu, 03 Jan 2019 09:38:42 +0000 https://pakpedia.pk/sahib-e-asra/ Sahib e Asra is the fastest female athlete of Pakistan. She is the gold medalist in the national athletic championship who also took part in South Asian Games and represented Pakistan. Her father is the Imam of a mosque, and he fully supports his daughter to pursue her dreams. This article has all the information about her, including Sahib e Asra Biography.

Title Description
Personal
Name: Sahib-e-Asra
In Urdu: صاحبے اسرا
Famous As: Fastest Female Athlete
Nationality: Pakistani
Residence: Sialkot
Religion: Islam
Profession: Athelete
Born
Place: Sialkot
Family
Spouse: Unmarried
Parents: Qari Alam Khan

Sahib e Asra Biography

Sahib e Asra Biography

Sahib belongs to a middle-class family of Faisalabad. She is a professional runner, and it all started during her school days where she used to compete in racing competitions first at school and then at the college level. She rose slowly and gradually to district and division level running competitions and then at the province level.

Moreover, she won a gold medal in one of those racings which led her to become a professional runner. She started her departmental racing career for WAPDA as a sprinter. Her passion and hard work led her to play at the national level, and in 2018 Asra competed and won the Gold medal.

Education of Asra

She got her school education from a government school at Faisalabad, and then she also studied at a college in her hometown.

Sahib e Asra Family

She is the daughter of Qari Alam Khan who is a cleric and Imam of a mosque near his home. Despite being a practising Muslim and a religious person, Qari Alam always supports his daughter Asra which has helped his daughter in reaching the destination that she is today.

When people on social media knew about it, that Asra is the daughter of an Imam of a Mosque, many got surprised, and others celebrated the news.

Sahib e Asra father

Career

In November 2018 Asra competed in the national championship at Jinnah stadium. In the 100m race, she came first and reached the destination within 11 seconds. She got awarded with a gold medal, and since then Asra is the fastest female athlete of Pakistan.

In a viral video on social media, she said that she started running from a government school and then continued her journey by competing at district, division and provisional level.

Asra participated in the South Asian games held on 1-10 December 2019 in Nepal by representing Pakistan in athletic competition. Despite limited resources, she has got to a high level and hopes to get more successes in future. She is indeed a young and energetic player who is making Pakistanis proud of her determination.

Sahib e Asra fastest Athlete

Social Media Handles

Her social media account include

https://twitter.com/sprinterasra

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