Najma Parveen

Najma Parveen is a Pakistani sprinter. She represented Pakistan at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics, becoming the first female athlete to represent the country in two Olympics. She is the current national record holder in 200m, 400m and 400m hurdles.

Career

Parveen is part of the country's elite pool of athletes.

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