Mabia Akhter

Mabia Akhter
63kg women weight lifting Awards in 2016
Personal information
Native nameমাবিয়া আকতার সীমান্ত
Birth nameMabia Akhter
Full nameMabia Akhter Simanta
NicknameSimanta
NationalityBangladeshi
Born (1999-10-07) 7 October 1999 (age 25)[1]
Madaripur, Bangladesh
Sport
Country Bangladesh
SportWeightlifting
Event63 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Bangladesh
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place Guwahati and Shillong 2016 63kg
Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship (Youth)[1]
Gold medal – first place Pune 2015 63kg
Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship (Senior)[2]
Silver medal – second place Pune 2015 63kg
Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship (Juniors)[3]
Silver medal – second place Pune 2015 63kg
Updated on 8 February 2016

Mabia Akhter Simanta (born 7 October 1999) is a Bangladeshi weightlifter. She was born in Madaripur. She won gold medal in the women's 63 kg weight class at the 2016 South Asian Games at Guwahati.[4][5] She also won a gold in youth section and two silver medals in senior & juniors section in the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship in Pune, India in October 2015 in the women's 63 kg category. She lifted a total weight of 176 kg in winning the gold medal.[1][6]

  1. ^ a b c "2015 Commonwealth Youth Championships Pune – India October 11-15" (PDF). Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  2. ^ "2015 Commonwealth Senior Championships Pune – India October 11-15" (PDF). Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  3. ^ "2015 Commonwealth Juniors Championships Pune – INDIA October 11-15" (PDF). Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  4. ^ "SA Games: Mabia wins first gold medal for BD". Daily Sun (Bangladesh). Dhaka. 2016-02-07. Archived from the original on 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  5. ^ "Bangladesh's Mabia Akhter earns gold in women's weightlifting in South Asian Games". Bdnews24.com. Dhaka. 2016-02-07. Archived from the original on 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2016-02-09. The 16-year old beat competitors from Sri Lanka and Nepal in the 63kg class in Guwahati, India on Sunday.
  6. ^ "Simanta clinches one gold and two silvers". The Independent (Bangladesh newspaper). Dhaka. 2015-10-15. Archived from the original on 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2016-02-10.