Lima Azimi, born in 1981 or 1982, is an Afghan athlete.
Azimi attracted international attention by representing her country at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris.[1] [2] She was the first woman to represent Afghanistan at an international sports event, following the fall of the Taliban.[3] [4] [5]
She competed in the 100 metre sprint, running "in a grey T-shirt and a pair of navy-blue tracksuit bottoms".[6] She reportedly had no idea how to use the starting blocks, never having had the opportunity to train with them. Azimi finished last in her heat, with a time of 18.37 seconds - a national record, since she was the first Afghan to run such a race.[7]
At the time of the 2003 world athletics championships, Azimi was a student of English language and literature at Kabul University.[8]
She decided not to compete for a place at the 2004 Athens Olympics.[9]
See also
References
- ^ "Athletisme - Paris 2003", Eurosport, August 23, 2003
- ^ "Saturday's Paris diary", BBC, August 23, 2003
- ^ "Life after the Taliban - 18.37sec of free running", The Independent, August 24, 2003
- ^ "First for an Afghan Woman, and Her Time Does Not Matter", New York Times, August 24, 2003
- ^ "Afghan woman makes history", USA Today, August 23, 2003
- ^ "Life after the Taliban - 18.37sec of free running", The Independent, August 24, 2003
- ^ "Life after the Taliban - 18.37sec of free running", The Independent, August 24, 2003
- ^ "Life after the Taliban - 18.37sec of free running", The Independent, August 24, 2003
- ^ "A Run to The Future", Time, April 11, 2004
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