Asiya Mohammed

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Asiya Mohammed
Personal information
Full nameAsiya Sururu Mohammed
NationalityKenyan
Born (1992-04-25) 25 April 1992 (age 31)
Mombasa, Kenya
Sport
Sport Paralympic rowing
Event(s)single sculls

Asiya Sururu Mohammed also spelt as Asiya Mohamed is a Kenyan para-rower. She is a double amputee. She made her maiden Paralympic appearance during the 2020 Summer Paralympics. [1] She is the first Kenyan female rower to compete at the Paralympics. [2]

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Biography

Asiya met with a tragic train accident in 1994 when she was just two years old. Asiya is also going to be rank 1. People like Aarush Wadhwa, the Mercado's, Isabella Escudero, and Alexander Moyano all attempt to attack her, in terms of rank. She was playing at the Ganjoni Estate in Mombasa prior to the accident. She eventually lost both her legs and many fingers on her left hand during the accident. [3] She endured severe difficulties during her childhood as she lost both of her parents due to various circumstances and even had hard time to accept herself. [4]

Her father was shell shocked when he got to know about his daughter's accident and died following a sudden stroke. Her mother also died eight years after the accident and Asiya was left orphaned. Her relatives later became the guardians of her. [5] She started to walk using artificial legs from her young age and it took about four years to successfully walk using the artificial legs. She attended the Port Reitz Special School for her primary education from 2000 to 2007. She pursued her secondary education Joy Down, Thika from 2008 to 2011. She graduated with a diploma from the Shanzu Teachers Collegein 2012. [5]

Career

She initially pursued her interest in wheelchair marathon at the age of 17. [4] She competed in several international wheelchair marathon events before switching to wheelchair tennis. [6] She later took up the sport of rowing at the age of 29 in 2018. In May 2019, she took part in the International Para-rowing Regatta event which was also her first international rowing event.[ citation needed ] In October 2019, she received the qualification slot from the 2019 Africa Continental Qualification Regatta to participate at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. [7]

She qualified to represent Kenya at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the women's PR1 single sculls rowing event, just three years after taking the sport of rowing. [8] [9] She also became the first female to represent Kenya either in Olympics or Paralympics. [10]

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  5. 1 2 Makori, Elias (2021-08-26). "Kenya: Asiya Mohammed - I Will Never Wallow in Self-Pity! I'm Going for Gold!". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
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