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Kariman Abuljadayel

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Sport
  
Track and field

Weight
  
70 kg

Height
  
1.8 m

Event
  
100 metres

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Born
  
11 May 1994 (age 22) (
1994-05-11
)

Kariman abuljadayel first saudi woman to compete in olympic 100m


Kariman Abuljadayel (born 11 May 1994) is a Saudi Arabian sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She was the first woman from Saudi Arabia to compete in the event. She was eliminated from the Olympics after finishing seventh in a preliminary heat in 14.61 seconds.

She wore a full black body suit as required by Saudi Arabian culture. She followed Sarah Attar who had also competed for Saudi in 2012. Her country had been threatened with an Olympic ban if they did not include woman athletes. Nevertheless, her achievement was not widely reported in her home country and the one newspaper who mentioned her was criticised.

References

Kariman Abuljadayel Wikipedia