Sadaf Siddiqui (born August 27, 1985) is a Pakistani

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sprint athlete from Lahore who has competed in international sprint races for

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

., beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 27, 2008 Siddiqui represented

Pakistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics Pakistan competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The country sent 21 athletes, including two women (Sadaf Siddiqui in athletics and Kiran Khan in swimming). The men's field hockey team comprised 16 players out of the Pakistani del ...

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where she competed in

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, placing seventh in her heat without advancing to the second round.

Career

Siddiqui participated in the sprint events: 100 meters and 200 meters.

Nationals

International

In 2006,at the South Asian Games held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sadaf won a bonze medal in the women's 200m race at 12:07. Siddiqui was part of the women's relay team participating in the Colombo

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along with Saira Fazal,

Naseem Hameed Naseem Hameed ( ur, نسيم حميد; born 1 May 1988) is a Pakistani track and field athlete, who became the fastest woman in South Asia when she won a gold medal in the 100 metres at the 2010 South Asian Games in Dhaka. Career Naseem started ...

and Nadia Nazir. In 2008, she represented Pakistan at the Summer

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in Beijing. Siddiqui was one of the two female competitors in Pakistan’s 37-member contingent for the Olympic games held in Beijing, the other being

Kiran Khan Kiran Khan (born December 21, 1989) is a Pakistani Olympic swimmer. She first came to national attention at the 28th Pakistan National Games in 2001, where she won 7 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 3 bronze medals. See also *Rubab Raza — f ...

in swimming category. Siddiqui competed in the

sprint and placed seventh in her heat without advancing to the second round. She ran the distance in a time of 12.41 seconds at the Bird's Nest national stadium. In the Dhaka South Asian Games 2010, Sadaf along with athletes Nadia Nazir, Naseem Hameed and Javeria Hassan was part of the women relay team that won Bronze medal.

Drug Ban

In 2010, Sadaf Siddiqui, along with many other top athletes failed the doping tests conducted during national trials, prior to the

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conducted in New Delhi. Siddiqui was banned by the

Athletics Federation of Pakistan The Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) is the apex body of Athletics (sport), athletics in Pakistan. It was formed in 1951. Major General (R) Muhammad Akram Sahi is the current President. History In 1951, the Federation acquired the rights to ...

(AFP) for 2 years for the use of steroids. Siddiqui claimed that the doping test came positive due to a medicine she had taken to combat her fever. She said if she had known earlier about it, she would not have taken the medicine. Siddiqui said that players are not aware of the kind of medicines to not be taken prior to doping test and there should be an awareness campaign to educate players competing at international level. Siddiqui took up to the government and the media to help her in her case to lift the ban. She appealed to the Minister Sports Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Syed Aqil Shah at Olympic Secretariat to remove her ban. According to Siddiqui, she had appealed before the appellate tribunal within the next 14 days of the ban but it was rejected. The athlete said that after two years, her career would finish

Marriage

Sadaf Siddiqui married journalist and former General Secretary of Rawalpindi Islamabad Sports Journalist Association (RISJA), Afzal Javed in 2011. The wedding was attended by politicians and many high-end personalities including Interior Minister

Rehman Malik Abdul Rehman Malik NI ( Punjabi, Urdu: رحمان ملک; born 12 December 1951 – 23 February 2022) was a Pakistani politician and a Federal Investigation Agency officer, having served as the Interior Minister from being appointed on 25 Marc ...

, House in the Senate leader Syed Nayar Hussain Bukhari, PM's advisor on law and justice Advocate Farooq Awan, Babar Awan and other notable people.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Siddiqui, Sadaf 1985 births Living people Pakistani female sprinters Olympic athletes of Pakistan Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Pakistani women Olympic female sprinters