Humaira Ashiq (born: 1989) is a
Pakistani judoka
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Career
National
In national level competitions, Ashiq represents,
WAPDA
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. At the National Games held in Peshawar in November 2019, Ashiq won gold in her weight category (-48kg).
International
In 2009, Ashiq participated in the 1st
Asian Martial Arts Games held in
Bangkok
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Thailand
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In 2010, at the
11th South Asian Games held in
Dhaka
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Bangladesh
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, Ashiq won a bronze medal in the -52kg event. At the
Asian Judo Championships
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The men's tournament began in 1966 and was held approximately every four years, until 1991, when it became an annual event (except in the years when th ...
held in
Guangzhou
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China
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the same year, Ashiq competed in the -48kg event. She lost to
Kazakhstan's Alexandra Podryadova by an
ippon.
In 2012, at the Asian Judo Championships held in
Tashkent
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Uzbekistan
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, Ashiq competed in the -52kg event. She lost to Kazakhstan's
Kelbet Nurgazina by an ippon.
At the South Asian Judo Championships held in
Kathmandu
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Nepal
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in 2014, Ashiq won a gold medal. At the 2015 Asian Judo Championships held in
Kuwait City
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Kuwait
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, Ashiq competed in the -48kg event. In the first round, she lost to Kazakhstan's Alexandra Podryadova by
waza-ari
is the second highest score a fighter can achieve in a Japanese martial arts ''ippon'' or ''waza-ari'' contest, usually judo, karate or jujutsu.
''Waza-ari'' in judo
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At the
12th South Asian Games held in
Guwahati
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India
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in 2016, Ashiq wona silver in the -48kg category. At the
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held in
Turkmenistan
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in 2017, Ashiq competed in
belt wrestling
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winning a bronze medal in the 50kg classic style. 2018 saw her win a silver medal at the 8th South Asian Judo Championship held in Nepal after losing to her Indian opponent in the final.
At the
World Championships
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held in
Tokyo
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Japan
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in 2019, Ashiq lost by an ippon to the world no 49,
Mary Dee Vargas Ley of
Chile
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in the first round. In December she competed at the
South Asian Games
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in
Kathmandu
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Nepal
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सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...
where she won a bronze medal in the -48kg event. Alongside her teammates:
Hamid Ali
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Career
In 1993, Ali starred in two films; ''Mithutu'' and ''Vari''. The following year, he starred alongside Hassan Afeef, Arifa Ibrahim, Lillian Saeed and Mariyam Haajara in I ...
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,
Qaiser Khan,
Karamat Butt,
Mohammad Hasnain
Mohammad Hasnain (born 5 April 2000) is a Pakistani cricketer who has played for the Pakistan cricket team since 2019. He is one of the fastest bowlers currently, timed at over 150kmh.
Early life
Hasnain was born in a family of six tracing its ...
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Nadeem Akram,
Beenish Khan,
Amina Toyoda and
Asma Rani she also won a silver medal in the mixed team event.
Competitions
She has participated in the following international events:
# 2009: First Asian Martial Arts Games, Bangkok, Thailand
#April 2010: Asian Championships, Guangzhou, China
# 2010: South Asian Games, Dhaka, Bangladesh
# April 2012: Asian Championships Seniors
# May 2015: Asian Championships Seniors
# 2016: South Asian Games, Guwahati, India
# August 2019: World Championships Seniors, Tokyo, Japan
# 2019: South Asian Games, Kathmandu, Nepal
External links
Profileon IJF
References
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Living people
South Asian Games silver medalists for Pakistan
South Asian Games bronze medalists for Pakistan
South Asian Games medalists in judo
1989 births
Judoka at the 2010 Asian Games
Asian Games competitors for Pakistan
Pakistani judoka