Tahmina Kohistani ( fa, تهمینه کوهستانی; born 8 June 1989,
Kapisa Province
Kapisa (Pashto/Dari: ) is the smallest of Afghanistan's thirty-four provinces and is located in the north-east of the country. It has an estimated population of 496,840 people and an area of , making it the most densely populated province apar ...
) is an
Afghan
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*Something of or related to Afghanistan, a country in Southern-Central Asia
*Afghans, people or citizens of Afghanistan, typically of any ethnicity
** Afghan (ethnonym), the historic term applied strictly to people of the Pas ...
runner at
100 metres
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.
Kohistani competed at the
2012 Summer Olympics in London, making a new personal best of 14.42 seconds in the
heats of the 100 metres distance. She did not advance to the first round. Her previous personal best at the 100 metres was 15.00 at a competition in
Bydgoszcz,
Poland
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in 2008. In 2015, she was listed as one of
BBC's 100 Women.
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Afghan female sprinters
Living people
1989 births
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Afghanistan
Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games
People from Kapisa Province
Asian Games competitors for Afghanistan
Olympic female sprinters