Native name মাবিয়া আকতার সীমান্ত Full name Mabia Akhter Simanta Nationality Bangladeshi Other name Simanta | Birth name Mabia Akhter Nickname(s) Simanta Country Bangladesh | |
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Born 7 October 1999 (age 17) ( 1999-10-07 ) Madaripur, Bangladesh | ||
Mabia akhter simanta won the gold medal in weightlifting in asian games 2016 for bd
Mabia Akhter Simanta (born 7 October 1999) is a Bangladeshi weightlifter. She was born in Madaripur. She won gold medal in the women's 63 kg weight class at the 2016 South Asian Games at Guwahati. She also won a gold in youth section and two silver medals in senior & juniors section in the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship in Pune, India in October 2015 in the women's 63 kg category. She lifted a total weight of 176 kg in winning the gold medal.
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Early life
Akhter's father Harunur Rashid was a small grocery owner.
Career
She came into weightlifting by her maternal uncle, Shahadat Kazi in 2010. She won a bronze in the 2012 South Asian Weightlifting Championship, silver in the 2013 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship in Malaysia.
She is going to compete in 2016 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Uzbekistan in April. In this competition, she can get a Olympics wild card to participate in 2016 Summer Olympics.
She got a job in Bangladesh Ansar.
Personal life
Mabia Akhter came from a poor family. At one time her study has stopped due to poverty. Now she admitted in Bangladesh Open University to continue her study.