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Doli Akhter

Personal information
Nationality	Bangladesh
Born	(1986-01-15) 15 January 1986 (age 38)
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  Bangladesh South Asian Games 2006 Colombo 50 m breaststroke 1999 Kathmandu 100 m breaststroke 2004 Islamabad 100 m breaststroke 2004 Islamabad 200 m breaststroke 2006 Colombo 200 m breaststroke 2010 Dhaka 50 m breaststroke 2010 Dhaka 100 m breaststroke

Doli Akhter (born 15 January 1986) is an Olympic swimmer from Bangladesh.

She has swum for Bangladesh at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics. On all three occasions, she attended thanks to a wild card qualification.

She competed in the 100m breaststroke in Sydney (2000), where she was disqualified. In Athens (2004), she competed in the 50m freestyle. She won her heat with a time of 30.72, which was not sufficient for her to advance to the next round.

Akhter won a silver medal in the 200m breaststroke event at the South Asian Games in Islamabad in 2004.

She is Bangladesh's sole athlete at the 2009 World Championships (July 2009).

References

1. Akhtar's entry on www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2009-07-15.
2. "Bangladesh: Dream of Olympics comes true by wild card", Xinhua, 30 July 2008
3. "Event Results: Swimming – 100m breaststroke", CNN, 30 September 2000
4. "Swimming at the 2004 Athina Summer Games: Women's 50 metres Freestyle", Sports Reference
5. "Pakistan’s Sajjad creates history" Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Daily Times, 5 April 2004
6. One swimmer, three officials to take part in FINA World Archived 14 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine , The New Nation; published 17 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-17.

External links

• Doli Akhter at World Aquatics
• Doli Akhter at Olympics.com
• Doli Akhter at Olympedia (archive)
• Doli Akhter at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)

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