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Modern Muslim female athletes have achieved success in a variety of sports, including volleyball, tennis, association football, fencing, and basketball. [2] In the 2016 Summer Olympics , fourteen women from Muslim-majority countries won medals, participating in a wide range of sports.
Ibtihaj Muhammad (born December 4, 1985) is an American sabre fencer, author, entrepreneur and Olympic medalist.At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she became the first American woman to compete in the Olympics in hijab, the first American Muslim woman to win an Olympic medal, [1] and the first Black woman to win an Olympic medal in the sabre event, when she won bronze in the women’s saber team event.
Muslim women of all nationalities were allowed to take part in the Games. [2] The event has been held in 1993, 1997, 2001, and 2005 in Iran. [3] The 1993 games saw athletes from 13 countries, [1] which increased to 44 countries by 2005. [4] In 2001, Britain became the first Muslim-minority country to participate. [5] [6]
The timing is far from ideal, but during the holy month of Ramadan, Muslim athletes around the world adjust their schedules to squeeze in workouts when they can.
Dalilah Muhammad (born February 7, 1990) [1] is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 400 meters hurdles. She is the 2016 Rio Olympics champion [ 2 ] and 2020 Tokyo Olympics silver medalist, becoming at the latter the then- second-fastest woman of all time in the event with her personal best of 51.58 seconds. [ 3 ]
The Victory Swim collection sees Nike double down on female Muslim athletes while offering what it believes is the best modest swimsuit on the market.
Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir (Somali: Bilqis Abdul Qaadir; Arabic: بلقيس عبد القادر) (born 11 November 1990) is an American former collegiate basketball player. She was notable for playing basketball while wearing a hijab, a headscarf for Muslim women.
Salwa Eid Naser (née Ebelechukwu Agbapuonwu, born 23 May 1998) [1] is a Nigerian-born Bahraini sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres.She was the 2019 World champion with the third fastest time in history of 48.14 seconds, becoming the youngest-ever champion in the event and also the first woman representing an Asian nation to win that event at a World Championships.