Sabia Abbat

Abbat was born in Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa^[4] and holds a bachelor's degree in Physical education.^[5][6]

It was unusual in her hometown to participate in sports. However, Sabia was passionate about sports from an early age. In 2011, Sadia witnessed a women's cycling competition in Pania where the women were unable to ride a bike properly.^[7][8] This inspired Sabia to learn to ride a bicycle.^[9] Sadia took her uncle's bicycle to practice on. She was unable to ride it in the start and fell many times before she could finally ride it.^[10][11] Sabia travelled to Lahore for training because of lack of facilities.^[12][13] Sabia became the first woman from Hazara division to win the National Cycling Championship in 2013.^{[14][15][16][17][18]} She has also represented Pakistan in the Asian games.^[19]