Pakistan women's national karate team

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The Pakistan women's national karate team represents Pakistan in international karate competitions. It is administered by the Pakistan Karate Federation (PKF). Members of the team compete at competitions including the continental and regional games (Asian and South Asian Games). At the Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2018, Nargis Hameedullah became the first Pakistani woman to win an individual medal (a bronze) at the Asian Games.

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Events

Pakistan has sent a team to participate in the following events:

  1. Asian (AKF) Championships: 2012
  2. Asian Games: 2018
  3. South Asian Games: 2006, 2010, 2019

History

In 2012, a two-member team participated in its first ever Asian (AKF) Championships which were held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. [1]

Team Members

Current Members
NameCompetitionsEventMedals
Kulsoom Hazara Asian Championships: 2012 [1]

South Asian Games: 2019

Nargis Hameedullah Asian Games: 2018
South Asian Games: 2019
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Kumite (team), [2] [3] kata (team), [2] [3] 68+kg [2]

Bronze

Gold (kumite), [2] and 2 x silver (kata and 68+) [2]

Shahida Abbasi South Asian Games: 2019Kata (individual and team), [2] [3] Kumite (team), [2] [3] 2 x Gold (individual kata and team kumite) and silver (kata team) [3]
Current Members
NameCompetitionsEventMedal
GulsoomSouth Asian Games: 2010 [4] under 61 kg, [4] kata (team) [4] 2 x Bronze [4]
Hina Azeem South Asian Games: 2006 [5] Individual (Kumite) 53 kg [5] Bronze [5]
Rahila Shaheen South Asian Games: 2006 [5] Individual (Kumite) 53 kg [5] Bronze [5]
Sarah Nasir South Asian Games: 2010 [4] under 55 kg, [4] Kata (team)Gold [4] Kata: Bronze [4]
SohailaSouth Asian Games: 2010 [4] Kata (team) [4] Bronze [4]
ZohrahSouth Asian Games: 2010 [4] under 45 kg, [4] Kata (individual and team) [4] 3 x Bronze, [4]

Medals

South Asian Games
GamesGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Colombo (2006)
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Dhaka (2010)
Flag of India.svg Guwahati (2016)
Flag of Nepal.svg Kathmandu (2019)2439 [2]
Total

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