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Doli Akhter

Doli Akhter

Bangladeshi swimmer

Doli Akhter, born 15 January 1986,[1] is an Olympic swimmer from Bangladesh.

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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]

References

  1. [1]
    Akhtar's entry on www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2009-07-15.
  2. [2]
    "Bangladesh: Dream of Olympics comes true by wild card", Xinhua, 30 July 2008
  3. [3]
    "Event Results: Swimming – 100m breaststroke", CNN, 30 September 2000
  4. [4]
    "Swimming at the 2004 Athina Summer Games: Women's 50 metres Freestyle", Sports Reference
  5. [5]
    "Pakistan’s Sajjad creates history" Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Daily Times, 5 April 2004
  6. [6]
    One swimmer, three officials to take part in FINA World Archived 14 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine [Championships], The New Nation; published 17 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
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