Kulsoom Hazara
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| Born | September 4, 1988 Quetta, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Karate | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kulsoom Hazara (born 4 September 1988)[1][2] is a Pakistani karateka.
Background[edit]
Hazara is the youngest of four children: three sisters and one brother and belongs to the Hazara community of Quetta, Balochistan. She lost her mother to cancer at the age of two and her father to a heart attack at the age of 9.[2] On her father's death, her eldest sister, Fatima and her cousin and brother-in-law, Sarwar Ali became her guardians.[2] In 2000, due to the sectarian violence in her hometown, she shifted to Karachi.[2] The loss of her brother-in-law in 2003, proved traumatic and changed her life.[2] Kulsoom completed 13th South Asian Games in Kathmandu, Nepal, she won a gold and silver medal despite an injury, securing a place as a prominent karateka woman in South Asia.
Career[edit]
Her father got her admitted to a karate club owned by Sarwar Ali, when she was five.[2]
National[edit]
Hazara initially represented Pakistan Army before switching to WAPDA.[1] She won her first national level gold medal in 2005.[3]
Owing to her meritorious achievements, Hazara received 'Icon of the Nation' award in 2017.
| YEAR | TITLE | VENUE | AWARD |
| 2002 | 1st National Women Karate Championship | Lahore | 1 Bronze Medal |
| 2004 | National Games | Quetta | 1 Bronze Medal |
| 2006 | National Women Karate Championship | Rawalpindi | 1 Silver Medal |
| 2008 | National Women Karate Championship | Lahore | 2 Gold Medals |
| 2009 | National Women Karate Championship | Hyderabad | 3 Gold Medals |
| 2010 | 6th National Women Karate Championship | Karachi | 3 Gold Medals |
| 2010 | 31st National Games | Peshawar | 3 Gold Medals |
| 2012 | Shaheed Benazir Bhutto 8th National Women Karate Championship | Lahore | 3 Gold medals |
| 2012 | 32nd National Games | Lahore | 3 Gold Medals |
| 2015 | 9th National Women Karate Championship | Lahore | 2 Gold Medals |
| 2016 | 10th National Women Karate Championship | Lahore | 2 Gold Medals |
| 2017 | 11th National Women Karate Championship | Lahore | 2 Gold Medals |
| 2018 | 12th National Women Karate Championship | Sahiwal | 2 Gold Medals |
| 2019 | 33rd National Games | Peshawar | 2 Gold Medals |
| 2019 | 13th National Women Karate Championship | Lahore | 2 Gold Medals |
International[edit]
She represented Pakistan for the first time at the 4th Islamic Women's Games held in Tehran, Iran in 2005.[2] She came fifth.[2]
In 2010, she won her first medals, two bronze at the South Asian Games held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[2]
In 2012, she was part of the first ever women's team sent to the Asian Championships, which were held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[4]
At the 2016 South Asian Karate Championship held in New Delhi, India, she won two medals: a gold and a silver.[2] In the 2017 Championship held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, she won another gold in -68 kg and a bronze in team kumite.[5] In the -68 kg final she defended her title by defeating her opponent by 10 points to 2.[6]
In 2018, she participated in the Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.[1]
At the 2019 South Asian Games in Kathmandu, Nepal, Hazara won gold in the team kumite event and a silver in the -68 kg event.[7]
Events[edit]
Hazara has participated in the following international events:[2]
- 4th Islamic Women Games 2005, Tehran, Iran
- 10th South Asian Games 2006, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- 11th South Asian Games 2010, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- 11th Senior Cadet AKF (Asian) Championship 2012, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
- 17th Asian Games 2014, Incheon, South Korea
- 3rd South Asian Karate Championship 2016, New Delhi, India
- 4th South Asian karate championship 2017, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- 4th Islamic Solidarity Game 2017, Baku, Azerbaijan
- Karate 1 Premier League 2017, Dubai, UAE
- 15th AKF Senior Championship 2018, Amman, Jordan
- 18th Asian Games 2018, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Karate 1 Series A 2018, Shanghai, China
- 13th South Asian Games 2019, Kathmandu, Nepal
Film[edit]
In 2018, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy made a short film about her titled, "Kulsoom Hazara - The Karate Wonder"
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "A brief story of Pakistan's Karate superstar Kulsoom Hazara". MM News TV. 2019-12-31. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Khan, Muhammad Asif (2019-12-22). "KARATE: THE FIGHTING SPIRIT". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ Adil, Hafsa. "'Role model': Pakistan's Hazara woman packing a punch". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ "When deaths, unhappy relatives failed to bring Kulsoom down". The Express Tribune. 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ "Pakistan Karate Federation (Pakistan Olympic Association)". nocpakistan.org. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ "Karate star Kulsoom wants women to follow her example". The Express Tribune. 2017-11-13. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ "Karate". South Asian Games Nepal 2019. Retrieved 2020-11-16.