Mabia Akhter

Mabia Akhter
Personal information
Native name মাবিয়া আকতার সীমান্ত
Birth name Mabia Akhter
Full name Mabia Akhter Simanta
Nickname(s) Simanta
Nationality Bangladeshi
Born (1999-10-07) 7 October 1999[1]
Madaripur, Bangladesh
Sport
Country  Bangladesh
Sport Weightlifting
Event(s) 63 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Bangladesh
South Asian Games
Guwahati and Shillong 2016 63kg
Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship (Youth)[1]
Pune 2015 63kg
Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship (Senior)[2]
Pune 2015 63kg
Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship (Juniors)[3]
Pune 2015 63kg
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]

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]

She is going to compete in 2016 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Uzbekistan in April. In this competition, she can get a Olympics wild card to participate in 2016 Summer Olympics.[7]

She got a job in Bangladesh Ansar.

Personal life

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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "2015 Commonwealth Youth Championships Pune – India October 11-15" (PDF). Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  2. ↑ "2015 Commonwealth Senior Championships Pune – India October 11-15" (PDF). Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  3. ↑ "2015 Commonwealth Juniors Championships Pune – INDIA October 11-15" (PDF). Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  4. ↑ "SA Games: Mabia wins first gold medal for BD". Daily Sun (Bangladesh). Dhaka. 2016-02-07. Archived from the original on 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  5. ↑ "Bangladesh's Mabia Akhter earns gold in women's weightlifting in South Asian Games". Bdnews24.com. Dhaka. 2016-02-07. Archived from the original on 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2016-02-09. The 16-year old beat competitors from Sri Lanka and Nepal in the 63kg class in Guwahati, India on Sunday.
  6. ↑ "Simanta clinches one gold and two silvers". The Independent (Bangladesh newspaper). Dhaka. 2015-10-15. Archived from the original on 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Badiuzzaman (2016-04-16). "অলিম্পিকের হাতছানি" [Olympics opportunities]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Dhaka. Archived from the original on 2016-04-17. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  8. ↑ Rahman, Anisur (2016-02-08). "Mabia, Mahfuza make it Bangladesh's day". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). Dhaka. Archived from the original on 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2016-02-10. Mabia was brought into weightlifting by her maternal uncle in 2010 and since then the girl from Madaripur won herself many international medals including a bronze in the 2012 South Asian Weightlifting Championship, silver in the 2013 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship and gold in the 2015 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship.


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