Najma Parveen

Najma Parveen
nation	Pakistan
birthday	20th December 1990 (age 29)
place of birth	Faisalabad , Pakistan
size	168 cm
Weight	58 kg
Career
discipline	Sprint , hurdles
society	WAPDA
status	active
Medal table
South Asian Games 2 × 1 × 1 ×
South Asian Games gold Kathmandu 2019 400 m hurdles silver Kathmandu 2019 200 m silver Kathmandu 2019 4 × 400 m bronze Kathmandu 2019 4 × 100 m
last change: December 5, 2019

Najma Parveen (born December 20, 1990 in Faisalabad ) is a Pakistani sprinter and hurdler .

Athletic career

Najma Parveen gained her first international experience in 2013 at the Asian Championships in Pune , where she was eliminated in the first round in the 100-meter run with 12.50 s, as well as over 200 meters with 25.74 s. In 2016 she took part in the 400-meter hurdles for the first time in the South Asian Games in Guwahati , where she finished fifth in 1: 06.13 minutes. In the 200-meter race she was allowed thanks to a wildcard to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro to participate, left there but with 26.11 s already in advance of. The following year she reached eighth place in the hurdles at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku and was eliminated in the semifinals over 200 meters with 25.67 seconds. In addition, she finished sixth with the Pakistani 4-by-100-meter relay in 48.75 seconds and fifth with the 4-by-400-meter relay in 4: 03.31 minutes. At the beginning of September she reached the semi-finals in the 400-meter run at the Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat , in which she was eliminated with 59.74 s. She also took part in the 60-meter run , but was eliminated there with 8.11 s in the first lap. At the Commonwealth Games 2018 in the Australian Gold Coast , she was eliminated over 200 meters with 25.21 s and over 400 meters with 57.12 s in the preliminary round.

In 2019 she won the South Asian Games in Kathmandu in 60.35 s in the hurdles and won the silver medal over 200 meters in 23.69 s behind the Indian Archana Suseentran . In addition, she secured the silver medal behind the team from Sri Lanka in the 4 x 400 meter relay in 3: 41.74 minutes and won the bronze medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay behind Sri Lanka and India .

In 2013 and 2015 Parveen became the Pakistani champion in the 100-meter run and in 2015 in the 200-meter and 400-meter hurdles. In 2018 she won the hurdles and the 4 x 400 meter relay.

Personal bests

• 100 meters: 12.49 s, May 24, 2013 in Islamabad
• 60 meters (hall): 8.11 s, September 19, 2017 in Ashgabat
• 200 meters: 23.69 s (+0.7 m / s), December 4, 2019 in Kathmandu ( Pakistani record )
• 400 meters: 53.63 s, November 11, 2019 in Peshawar ( Pakistani record )
  • 400 meters (hall): 59.70 s, September 18, 2017 in Ashgabat
• 400 m hurdles: 60.35 s, December 6, 2019 in Kathmandu ( Pakistani record )

Web links

• Najma Parveen in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Najma Parveen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Athlete profile at the CG 2018