Fariba Hashimi
 Hashimi in 2024 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 April 2003 Maīmanah, Afghanistan |
| Team information | |
| Current team | WCC Team |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 2022 | Valcar–Travel & Service |
| 2023 | Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè |
| 2024– | WCC Team |
Fariba Hashimi (born 22 April 2003) is an Afghan racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team WCC Team. She is competing in the road race at the 2024 Paris Olympics alongside her sister Yulduz, despite the Taliban government's ban on women in sports.[1][2][3][4]
In 2022, she won the Afghan road race championships, which were held in Aigle, Switzerland.[5][6][7]
Major results
[edit]- 2022
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 2023
- 10th Time trial, Asian Under-23 Road Championships
- 2024
- 4th Time trial, Asian Under-23 Road Championships
- 10th Overall Giro Mediterraneo Rosa
- 75th Road race Olympic Games
References
[edit]- ^ "Paris 2024: Cycling sisters defy Taliban to achieve Olympic dream". BBC News. July 17, 2024.
- ^ "The cycling sisters defying the Taliban to compete in the Paris Olympics". The Irish Times.
- ^ "Cycling sisters defy the Taliban to achieve Olympic dream".
- ^ "Yulduz and Fariba Hashimi: Escaping the Taliban, chasing a dream". BBC Sport. March 7, 2023.
- ^ "Women's Road Championships of Afghanistan: Fariba Hashimi wins exceptional Swiss edition". www.uci.org.
- ^ Cyclingnews (October 23, 2022). "Fariba Hashimi wins Women's Road Championships of Afghanistan". cyclingnews.com.
- ^ https://olympics.com/en/news/hashimi-sisters-dominate-afghanistan-national-championships
External links
[edit]- Fariba Hashimi at UCI
- Fariba Hashimi at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Fariba Hashimi at ProCyclingStats
- Fariba Hashimi at Olympics.com
