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Today, The Telegraph (UK) did a story on lightweight southpaw Afghan female boxer Shahla Sekandari. According to the published story, Sekandari is planning on being the first female boxer to represent Afghanistan in the Olympics. Women's boxing will be an event for the first time in the 2012 Olympics. The story highlights the difficulties women athletes face in a conservative country like Afghanistan. Many of their family members do not want them to be athletes, and would prefer more traditional roles.
Besides the upcoming Olympics, Sekandari is planning on competing in the International Boxing Association’s Women’s World Championship in Barbados in September of this year. She will represent Afghanistan and fight against women from such places as Kazakhstan, China and India. In 2009, at the Asian Indoor Games, Sekandari won a bronze medal in the Women's Light Weight 64kg category.
Besides the upcoming Olympics, Sekandari is planning on competing in the International Boxing Association’s Women’s World Championship in Barbados in September of this year. She will represent Afghanistan and fight against women from such places as Kazakhstan, China and India. In 2009, at the Asian Indoor Games, Sekandari won a bronze medal in the Women's Light Weight 64kg category.
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