Mabia Akhter

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Mabia Aktar (Bangladesh) won Gold, Ayesha Vinodani Dharmasena Lanka Geeganage (Sri Lanka) won Silver and Jun Maya Chhantyal (Nepal) won Bronze in 63kg women Weight Lifting, at the 12th South Asian Games-2016, in Guwahati.jpg
63kg women weight lifting Awards in 2016
Personal information
Native nameমাবিয়া আকতার সীমান্ত
Birth nameMabia Akhter
Full nameMabia Akhter Simanta
NicknameSimanta
Nationality Bangladeshi
Born (1999-10-07) 7 October 1999 (age 25) [1]
Madaripur, Bangladesh
Sport
CountryFlag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Sport Weightlifting
Event63 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
South Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Guwahati and Shillong 2016 63kg
Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship (Youth) [1]
Gold medal icon (G initial).svgPune 201563kg
Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship (Senior) [2]
Silver medal icon (S initial).svgPune 201563kg
Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship (Juniors) [3]
Silver medal icon (S initial).svgPune 201563kg
Updated on 8 February 2016

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]

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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]

In 2016, she took part in the Asian Weightlifting Championships for the first time and stood 13th in the women's 63 kg weight class. Mabia stood 6th in the same category during her 18th Asian Games journey. [9]

Besides her sporting career, Mabia serves in Bangladesh Ansar. [10]

Personal life

Mabia Akhter came from a poor family. At one time her study was stopped due to poverty. Now she got admitted to Bangladesh Open University to continue her study. [7]

Awards

See also

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References

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