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Shahida Abbasi (born c1995) is a Pakistani karateka. She is the first Pakistani woman to compete internationally in kata. [1] [2]
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Shahida Abbasi (born c1995) is a Pakistani karateka. She is the first Pakistani woman to compete internationally in kata. [1] [2]
Abbasi belongs to the Hazara community of Quetta, Balochistan. [3] [1] She is the second of four daughters of her parents. [3]
Abbasi started learning karate in 2004. [3] She is coached by Muhammad Shah. [3] She is also learning the martial art of Sholokan and teaching karate in her hometown. [1] Her sensei is Ghulam Ali. [4]
Abbasi initially represented her home province, Balochistan and now represents WAPDA in national competitions. [4] While representing Balochistan at the 31st National Games held in Peshawar in 2010, she won a silver medal alongside her teammates: Naz and Zahara in team kata. [5] At the 13th National Karate Championships held at the Nishtar Park Sports Complex Gymnasium Hall in Lahore, Abbasi won gold in individual kata. [6] And the National Games held in Peshawar in November 2019, Abbasi won 2 gold medals, in individual kata [7] and in team (3 persons) kata. [8]
At the 3rd South Asian Karate Championships held in New Delhi, India in 2016, Abbasi won three bronze medals: kata (individual and team) and kumite (-45 kg) individual event. [9] In 2017, at the 4th South Asian Karate Championships held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Abbasi won four bronze medals: kata (individual and team) and kumite (-45 kg and team). [10] Abbasi also participated in the Islamic Solidarity Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan. [4] At the South Asian Games held in Kathmandu, Nepal in December 2019, Abbasi won the gold medal in the individual kata event [11] with 42 points [12] which was the country's first gold medal at these Games. [13] She also claimed another gold in the women's team kumite alongside her teammates: Kulsoom Hazara, Sana Kausar, Nargis Hameedullah, Sabira Gul. [11] In the women's team kata event she won silver alongside Nargis Hameedullah and Naz Gul. [11] [14]
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