Nursheena Azhar Raja

Nursheena Azhar Raja

nation

Malaysia

birthday

7th July 1991 (age 29)

Career

discipline

100 meter hurdles

Best performance

13.84 s

status

active

Medal table

Southeast Asian Games

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Southeast Asian Games
bronze	Naypyidaw 2013	100 m hurdles
silver	Kuala Lumpur 2017	100 m hurdles

last change: June 28, 2020

Nursheena Azhar Raja (born July 7, 1991 ) is a Malaysian hurdler who specializes in the 100 meter distance .

Athletic career

Nursheena Azhar Raja gained her first international experience in 2011 when she finished seventh in 14.22 seconds at the Southeast Asian Games in Palembang . Two years later she retired from the Summer Universiade in Kazan with 13.98 s in the first round and then won the bronze medal at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Palembang in 13.98 s behind Indonesian Dedeh Erawati and Yamina Hjaji from Morocco . At the Southeast Asian Games in Naypyidaw she also won the bronze medal in 13.84 seconds behind Erawati and the Thai Wallapa Punsoongneun . In 2014, she reached fifth place in the 60-meter hurdles at the Asian Indoor Championships in Hangzhou in 8.78 s and then retired from the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with 14.30 s in the lead. In 2015 she was fifth at the Southeast Asian Games in Singapore in 13.88s and in 2016 she was disqualified in the final at the Asian Indoor Championships in Doha .

In 2017 she won the bronze medal again in 13.85 s at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku , this time behind Odile Ahouanwanou from Benin and the Turkish Nevin Yanıt . Then she won the silver medal behind the Vietnamese Trần Thị Yến at the Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur in 13.92 s . Two years later, she reached for the Southeast Asia Games in Capas eighth in 14.31 s.

In 2012 and 2013 as well as in 2018 and 2019, Raja was the Malaysian champion in the 100-meter hurdles and in 2018 also in the 4-by-100-meter relay.

100 m hurdles: 13.84 s (+0.3 m / s), December 19, 2013 in Naypyidaw
- 60 m hurdles: 8.57 s, February 20, 2016 in Doha