Najma Parveen Explained

Najma Parveen
Birth Date:	20 December 1990
Birth Place:	Pakistan
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Sprint

Najma Parveen (born 20 December 1990) is a Pakistani sprinter. She represented Pakistan at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. As of July 2021, she is the national record holder in 200m, 400m and 400m hurdles

Career

Parveen is part of the country's elite pool of athletes.^[1]

National

Parveen represents WAPDA in all national competitions. She broke the 200m record at the 33rd National Games in Peshawar in 2019. A month later she would break it again in Nepal.

International

She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's 200 metres race; her time of 26.11 seconds in the heats did not qualify her for the semifinals.^{[2] [3]} She competed in the same event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, finishing last in her qualifying heat, albeit with a season's best.

National records

!Event!Time!Meet!Date

200m	23.86^[4]	33rd National Games, Peshawar	2019
	23.69^[5]	13th South Asian Games, Kathmandu, Nepal	December 2019
400m	53.63	33rd National Games, Peshawar	2019
400m hurdles	1:01.41	33rd National Games, Peshawar	2019

External links

• Profile on Pakistan Sports Board (official website)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pakistan Sports Board, Islamabad. 2021-07-13. sports.gov.pk.
2. Web site: Najima Parveen . Rio 2016 . September 3, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160806061903/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/najma-parveen . August 6, 2016 . dead .
3. Web site: Women's 200m - Standings . Rio 2016 . September 3, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160818021605/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athletics-standings-at-womens-200m . August 18, 2016 . dead .
4. Web site: National Games 2019. 2021-07-13. nationalgames2019.pk.
5. Web site: Athletics Federation of Pakistan. 2021-07-13. www.afp.com.pk.