Doli Akhter, born 15 January 1986, is an Olympic swimmer from

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. She has swum for Bangladesh at the

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and

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. On all three occasions, she attended thanks to a wild card qualification. She competed in the 100m breaststroke in Sydney (2000), where she was disqualified. In Athens (2004), she competed in the 50m freestyle. She won her heat with a time of 30.72, which was not sufficient for her to advance to the next round. Akhter won a silver medal in the 200m breaststroke event at the

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in 2004. She is Bangladesh's sole athlete at the 2009 World Championships (July 2009).One swimmer, three officials to take part in FINA World
hampionships The New Nation; published 17 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-17.

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* 1986 births Living people Bangladeshi female swimmers Olympic swimmers of Bangladesh Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for Bangladesh Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Bangladesh South Asian Games silver medalists for Bangladesh South Asian Games bronze medalists for Bangladesh South Asian Games medalists in swimming {{Bangladesh-swimming-bio-stub