Pakistan’s youngest female athlete wins gold medal in Taekwondo Championship

KARACHI: The youngest female athlete from Swat district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, has won a gold medal in the 34kg category at the 8th Fujairah Open Taekwondo Championship in Dubai.

A nine-year-old Ayesha Ayaz, from Swat district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, won a gold medal in a fight against British and Kyrgyz fighters at UAE’s Fujairah Open Taekwondo Championship.

Ayesha Ayaz started sport practicing at the age of three-year at his father academy in Swat. Earlier, Ayesha Ayaz has already earned honors in being a five-time district champion, two-time provincial champion and three-time national champion.

Her father Ayaz Naik, is also a Taekwondo athlete and runs his own academy in Swat. Her younger brothers, six-year-old Zaryab Khan has won a gold medal at a national level while five-year-old Zaib Khan honored with a silver medal.

According to reports, no one from Pakistan has ever participated in the Taekwondo Olympics competition so far.

In February 2019, the young girl from Mingora had already brought home a bronze medal in 27kg category of the 7th Fujairah Open Taekwondo Championship held at the United Arab Emirates Sports Complex.