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Yulduz Hashimi

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Yulduz Hashimi
Hashimi in 2024
Personal information
Born (2000-07-08) 8 July 2000 (age 24)
Maīmanah, Afghanistan
Team information
Current teamWCC Team
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
2022Valcar–Travel & Service
2023Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè
2024–WCC Team

Yulduz Hashimi (born 8 July 2000) is an Afghan racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team WCC Team. She competed for Afghanistan in both the time trial and the road race at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside her sister Fariba, despite the Taliban government's ban on women in sports.[1][2][3][4] They were the first women to compete in cycling for Afghanistan. Hashimi finished 26th in the time trial at the 2024 Olympics.[5][6]

Major results

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2022
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2023
10th Time trial, Asian Games
2024
10th Gran Premio della Liberazione

References

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  1. ^ "Paris 2024: Cycling sisters defy Taliban to achieve Olympic dream". BBC News. July 17, 2024.
  2. ^ "The cycling sisters defying the Taliban to compete in the Paris Olympics". The Irish Times.
  3. ^ "Cycling sisters defy the Taliban to achieve Olympic dream".
  4. ^ "Yulduz and Fariba Hashimi: Escaping the Taliban, chasing a dream". BBC Sport. March 7, 2023.
  5. ^ "Yulduz Hashimi". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  6. ^ "HASHIMI Yulduz". Olympics 2024.
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