User:Nellyattar/sandbox

Nelly Attar is a Lebanese national, born and raised in Saudi Arabia. She started off her career as a mental health professional, specializing in general psychology (MRes and BSc in Psychology).

While working as a therapist and life coach for four years in Saudi Arabia, Nelly offered fitness and dance-fitness classes for females on a part-time basis. At the time, there were limited opportunities for females to get active in the Kingdom. Nelly’s classes helped improve the lives of many, both physically and emotionally. Increasingly, Nelly started to offer more and more fitness sessions and services across Riyadh (and beyond) – until eventually she launched her studio, Move.

Three months into launching her own business (August, 2017), Nelly switched careers to focus entirely on the emerging sports industry in Saudi Arabia.

Nelly is now a thriving entrepreneur, trainer, athlete. She has recently been awarded the ‘Female Fitness Influencer of the Year Award’ for the GCC at the FIT Awards hosted by Sport360 in Dubai.

Awards

 * Female Fitness Influencer of the Year GCC 2019 – Sports 360
 * Entrepreneur of the Year Nominee – British Council (KSA)
 * Top Muslim Women in Sports

Early Life
enter

Athletic Achievements and Adventures
2022

K2 - Mountain

2019

Everest – Mountain

Hajar UltraMarathon (52km) – Race

Riyadh Olympic Distance Triathlon – Race

New York Marathon – Race

2018

ITU Abu Dhabi Olympic Distance Triathlon – Race

Dubai IronMan 70.3 – Race

Kilimanjaro – Mountain

Lenin Peak – Mountain

Island Peak – Mountain

Lobuche – Mountain

Exploring world’s largest cave Vietnam (Son doogn and + ) – Adventure

2017
Poland Fairplay Dance Camp – Adventure

Mount Stanley – Mountain

Bahrain IronMan 70.3 – Race

Riyadh Olympic Distance Triathlon – Race

Mount Speke – Mountain

Gran Paradiso – Mountain

Mont Blanc – Mountain

Aconcagua – Mountain

Berlin Marathon – Race

Muscat Sprint Triathlon – Race

2016
Gorilla Trekking Uganda – Adventure

Chimpanzee Trekking Uganda – Adventure

Elbrus – Mountain

Beirut Marathon – Race

Paris Marathon – Race

2015
Kilimanjaro – Mountain

Hurghada diving expedition – Adventure

Tuk Tuk competition through Sri Lanka – Adventure

Diving Expedition Komodo Island Indonesia – Adventure

Jungle Trekking Orangutan Sumatra – Adventure

2014
Maldives diving expedition – Adventure

LMT – Adeventure

2007
Mount Kenya – Mountain

Entrepreneurship
As an Entrepreneur, Nelly runs Move and leads numerous services under her business – including fitness and dance classes, event management, talent management, brand partnerships, and adventure trips. Nelly strives to make her studio more inclusive and accessible to people across the Kingdom and beyond.

Move, is Saudi Arabia’s first dance studio, and one of the first studios of its kind across the Middle East. It has paved the way for dance in the Kingdom, and has enabled thousands of females to be more active and lead healthier lifestyles.

Nelly is pushing the boundaries of what is possible amidst the social and cultural changes that are happening in the Kingdom, making a very positive impact for many people along the way.