Sabia Abbat

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Sabia Abbat
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NationalityPakistani
EducationBachelor's in Physical Education
OccupationProfessional cyclist

Sabia Abbat is a Pakistani professional cyclist. [1] [2] [3]

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Background

Abbat was born in Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [4] and holds a bachelor's degree in Physical education. [5] [6]

Career

It was unusual in her hometown to participate in sports. However, Sabia was passionate about sports from an early age. In 2011, Sadia witnessed a women's cycling competition in Pania where the women were unable to ride a bike properly. [7] [8] This inspired Sabia to learn to ride a bicycle. [9] Sadia took her uncle's bicycle to practice on. She was unable to ride it in the start and fell many times before she could finally ride it. [10] [11] Sabia travelled to Lahore for training because of lack of facilities. [12] [13] Sabia became the first woman from Hazara division to win the National Cycling Championship in 2013. [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] She has also represented Pakistan in the Asian games. [19]

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