Doli Akhter (born 15 January 1986) is an Olympic swimmer from

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

. She has swum for Bangladesh at the

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

and

2008 Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fr ...

. On all three occasions, she attended thanks to a wild card qualification. She competed in the 100m breaststroke in Sydney (2000), where she was disqualified. In Athens (2004), she competed in the 50m freestyle. She won her heat with a time of 30.72, which was not sufficient for her to advance to the next round. Akhter won a silver medal in the 200m breaststroke event at the

South Asian Games The South Asian Games is a quadrennial multi-sport event held among athletes from South Asia. The South Asia Olympic Council, which was formed in 1983, governs it. The Games consist of seven countries, namely Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, N ...

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in 2004. She is Bangladesh's sole athlete at the 2009 World Championships (July 2009).One swimmer, three officials to take part in FINA World
hampionships The New Nation; published 17 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-17.

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* * * * 1986 births Living people Bangladeshi female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Bangladesh Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for Bangladesh Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Asian Games competitors for Bangladesh Swimmers at the 2006 Asian Games South Asian Games silver medalists for Bangladesh South Asian Games bronze medalists for Bangladesh South Asian Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1999 South Asian Games Medalists at the 2004 South Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 South Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 South Asian Games Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Bangladeshi sportswomen {{Bangladesh-swimming-bio-stub