Doli Akhter

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

Doli Akhter
Personal information
Nationality Bangladesh
Born (1986-01-15) 15 January 1986
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
South Asian Games
Islamabad 2004 200m Breaststroke

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


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