Najma Parveen (born 20 December 1990) is a Pakistani sprinter. She represented Pakistan at the

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and

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, becoming the first female athlete to represent the country in two Olympics. As of July 2021, she is the national record holder in 200m, 400m and 400m hurdles.

Career

Parveen is part of the country's elite pool of athletes.

National

Parveen represents WAPDA in all national competitions. She broke the 200m record at the 33rd National Games in Peshawar in 2019. A month later she would break it again in Nepal.

International

She competed at the

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in the women's 200 metres race; her time of 26.11 seconds in the heats did not qualify her for the semifinals. She competed in the same event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, finishing last in her qualifying heat, albeit with a season's best.

National records

References

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Profile
on Pakistan Sports Board (official website) * * * * 1990 births Living people Pakistani female sprinters Olympic athletes for Pakistan Olympic female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for Pakistan Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games South Asian Games gold medalists for Pakistan South Asian Games silver medalists for Pakistan South Asian Games bronze medalists for Pakistan South Asian Games gold medalists in athletics South Asian Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 2019 South Asian Games {{Pakistan-athletics-bio-stub