 Iqbal in 2014 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 3 April 1983 (age 41) Nowshera, Rajouri district, India | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  India | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Cross-country skiing | ||||||||||||||
| Now coaching | Jagdish Singh | ||||||||||||||
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Nadeem Iqbal (born 3 April 1983) is an Indian army junior commissioned officer belonging to the Sher-E-Kashmir battalion and across-country skier. He was born in Rajouri a district in the Jammu division of Jammu and Kashmir in India.
Iqbal competed for India at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the 15 kilometre classical race.[1][2][3] Iqbal became the first athlete from Jammu and Kashmir to qualify for the Winter Olympics.[4] Iqbal finished the race in 85th position (out of 92 competitors), nearly 17 minutes behind the winner Dario Cologna of Switzerland.[5]
- ^ "Indian flag flies over Sochi". International Olympic Committee. 16 February 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Shiva Kesavan hopes India's suspension lifted before Sochi Olympics". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Associated Press. 18 December 2013. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
- ^ "Three Indians to take part in Sochi Winter Games". The Times of India. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ^ "Nadeem first soldier from J&K to qualify for Winter Olympics". Times of India. Srinagar, India. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ "Sochi 2014: Cross-country skier Nadeem Iqbal finishes 85th in men's 15km classic run event at Winter Olympics". Press Trust of India. Sochi, Russia: NDTV. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.