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 Yasmian al-Sharshani 

Family Back Ground:

Yasmian al-Sharshani comes from a family of sports personnel in Qatar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar,. Her family basically take sports as important as water. Throughout her years of playing golf and other sports, her family encouraged and supported her to keep going and never stop. Her mom is her biggest inspiration, motivation, and encouragement. She was there for her from the start. She attends sport events and is very interested in sports, although she isn't of a young age, but she exercises on a daily basis. Her father (May his soul rest in peace) was a horse rider and a swimmer, he loved horses as much as she loved playing golf. Her little sister Reem, is a shooting skeet professional. Her older sister, Nawwar plays karate. Her brother's three little kids are in the national Qatari team for juniors.

Educational Qualifications :

The 27-year-old, date of birth January 12, 1986, has a degree in Bachelors of education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Education majoring in physical education from Qatar University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar_University, has taken part in a range of Arab Golf tournaments and has won titles in local golf clubs. Presently she is perusing her Masters Degree in Olympic studies at the International Olympic Academy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Olympic_Academy, Greece, Olympia. This certificate is issued in collaboration with University of Peloponnese, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Peloponnese, Greece

Interests :

Yasmian's sporting skills aren’t only limited to the golf course, she’s also a keen windsurfer, horse rider, biker, shooter, skater and sailor, She has avid interest in tennis, yoga, volleyball, basket ball, billiards and gymnastics. She also reads books, plays the violin and has excellent skills in photo shopping. She loves to interact with different nationalities to know their cultures and traditions.

The windsurfing sport attracted her because it is challenging and adventurous and it is fun too. The nature of the Arabian peninsula and the sea surrounding it from all sides encouraged her to try this sport and explore it further.

Work Experience:

She is currently working for Museum of Islamic Art, Doha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Islamic_Art,_Doha as the head of events from Nov 2011.In the past she has worked as Senior official Media and Marketing for Asian Cup Qatar ( AFC) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_AFC_Asian_Cup from Jan 2011 to Dec 2011. Prior to that she has worked as a document controller for Maersk Oil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maersk_Oil, Qatar from Feb 2009 to July 2011. From Jun 2007 – Jan 2009 she was Assistance Trampoline Coach  at Qatar Gymnastics Association at Aspire Currently Qatar’s Golf Association has only three female golfers but Yasmian hopes to encourage more women to join what has become an increasingly popular sport in the country. Presently she is the director of Qatar Golf Ladies from Feb 2013.

Awards and representations:

Yasmian al-Sharshani, a rising star in Qatar’s national golf team and the country’s first female golfer, is undergoing intense training in the hope to take her golf skills to an international level.

Yasmian attended the Olympic flame lighting ceremony held in Greece for the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Winter_Olympics in the presence of many of senior officials such as, Greek President Karolos Papoulias, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karolos_Papoulias the new president of the international Olympic Committee Thomas Bach, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Bach Chairman of the organizing Committee of the Sochi Olympic Winter Games

Yasmian own golf journey wasn’t easy as it's a sport traditionally played by men. It was a new experience for her to play with a group of boys in the national team, so she faced some difficulties in dealing with them, but it has become normal now. According to her she is being spoilt in the club at Doha called Doha Golf Club https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doha_Golf_Club, the countries capital, where she is trained. The club holds a lot of weekly championships. She was also named the Golfer of the month in the Golf club in 2011

She participated in the Arab Games championship which was held in Qatar in 2011 and she also participated in the Arab U20 Championship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Arab_U-20_Championship which was held in Morocco in 2011..

Yasmian first picked up her golf clubs at the age of 11, she joined Qatar’s national golf team in 2008 and was the only female golfer to participate in the Pan Arab Games, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Pan_Arab_Games Doha in 2011.

She’s hoping to make history by representing the Gulf state in the 2016 Olympics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Olympics in Brazil. Golf will be introduced after 112 years of absence in Olympics

At the fourth annual Qatar International Business Women Forum in 2013, organized by Qatari Business Women’s Association (QBWA) in collaboration with Interactive Business Network (IBN) eight outstanding Qatari businesswomen were honored. A special recognition award was given to the Qatari Golfer Yasmian al- Sharshani.

References

1. http://qa.linkedin.com/pub/yasmian-al-sharshani/63/b0b/b4a2.

2. http://www.dohastadiumplusqatar.com/qatar%E2%80%99s-yasmian-cynosure-eyes/

3. http://rs.arabgames2011.qa/ENG/ZB/ZBB101A_GO@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ENG_number=22783.htm

4. https://twitter.com/Yasmian_golfer

5. http://marhaba.com.qa/qatar-international-business-women-forum-concludes/

6. http://www.instagram24.com/yasmian