Majiziya Bhanu
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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | Indian |
| Born | Kozhikode, Kerala, India |
| Occupation | Dental surgeon |
| Website | https://drmajiziyabhanu.in |
| Sport | |
| Country | India |
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Majiziya Bhanu is an Indian body builder and power lifter from Kerala.[1]
Official Website drmajiziyabhanu.in
Majiziya is from Kozhikode, Kerala.[2] She is the daughter of Abdul Majeed and Razia Majeed.[3] She began her training in powerlifting after taking a boxing class while in college to study dentistry.[2] She decided to compete after her then-fiancé (now husband, Nour Ahmad Kohan Alizaey)[3] showed her pictures of Muslim women competing while wearing a hijab, because she would not participate in competitions without wearing one.[2] Soon after she began training, she competed in the Kozhikode District Powerlifting Championship in July 2016.[2][4]
She has since completed a Bachelor of Dental Surgery[citation needed] from the Mahe Institute of Dental Sciences[5] and is a dental surgeon.[6]
In 2021, she was a contestant on Bigg Boss (Malayalam season 3).[7]
Bodybuilding and powerlifting career
By 2018, Majiziya had been named the strongest woman of Kerala by the Kerala State Powerlifting Association three times.[3] Her first bodybuilding competition was in the women's division of the Mr Kerala Championship on February 25, 2018, which she won.[3][2] She was the first competitor to wear a hijab at the event.[1] She also represented India at the World Armwrestling Championship in Turkey in 2018.[6][4]