Kulsoom Hazara

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Born (1988-09-04) September 4, 1988 (age 36)
Quetta, Pakistan
SportKarate
Kulsoom Hazara
Personal information
Born (1988-09-04) September 4, 1988 (age 36)
Quetta, Pakistan
Sport
SportKarate
Medal record
Representing  Pakistan
South Asian Karate Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Colombo-68kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 ColomboKumite (team)
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2019 KathmanduKumite (team)
Silver medal – second place2019 Kathmandu-68kg

Kulsoom Hazara (born 4 September 1988)[1][2] is a Pakistani karateka.

Hazara is the youngest of four children: three sisters and one brother and belongs to the Hazara community of Quetta, Balochistan. She lost her mother to cancer at the age of two and her father to a heart attack at the age of 9.[2] On her father's death, her eldest sister, Fatima and her cousin and brother-in-law, Sarwar Ali became her guardians.[2] In 2000, due to the sectarian violence in her hometown, she shifted to Karachi.[2] The loss of her brother-in-law in 2003, proved traumatic and changed her life.[2] Kulsoom completed 13th South Asian Games in Kathmandu, Nepal, she won a gold and silver medal despite an injury, securing a place as a prominent karateka woman in South Asia.

Career

Film

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