Doli Akhter Explained

Doli Akhter
Birth Date:	1986 1, df=yes
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Doli Akhter, born 15 January 1986,^[1] is an Olympic swimmer from Bangladesh.

She has swum for Bangladesh at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics. On all three occasions, she attended thanks to a wild card qualification.^[2]

She competed in the 100m breaststroke in Sydney (2000), where she was disqualified.^[3] 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.^[4]

Akhter won a silver medal in the 200m breaststroke event at the South Asian Games in Islamabad in 2004.^[5]

She is Bangladesh's sole athlete at the 2009 World Championships (July 2009).^[6]

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418010002/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ak/doli-akhtar-1.html Akhtar's entry
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20080813044100/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/30/content_8851310.htm "Bangladesh: Dream of Olympics comes true by wild card"
3. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/results/2000/by_event/swimming_100m_breaststroke.html "Event Results: Swimming – 100m breaststroke"
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162236/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2004/SWI/womens-50-metres-freestyle.html "Swimming at the 2004 Athina Summer Games: Women's 50 metres Freestyle"
5. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_5-4-2004_pg2_7 "Pakistan’s Sajjad creates history"
6. http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/07/18/news0297.htm One swimmer, three officials to take part in FINA World