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Zakia Khudadadi: Afghan taekwondo practitioner
Zakia Khudadadi also spelt as Zakia Khodadadi is an Afghan parataekwondo practitioner. She is the first Afghan female taekwondo practitioner. She rose to prominence after winning the African International Parataekwondo Championship in 2016 at the age of 18. She represented Afghanistan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. She was initially denied the opportunity to compete at her first Paralympics due to the Taliban takeover but was later allowed by the International Paralympic Committee to compete in the event after being safely evacuated from Afghanistan. She was able to compete and became the first Afghan female Paralympic competitor to compete at the Paralympics in 17 years since Mareena Karim's participation at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. She also officially became the first Afghan female sportsperson to participate in an international sporting event after the Taliban takeover.

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Paris Paralympics: Afghan para taekwondo Zakia Khudadadi’s fight for women, refugees [Video]

Paris Paralympics: Afghan para taekwondo Zakia Khudadadi’s fight for women, refugees

Credit: FRANCE 24 English     Duration: 02:37Published

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