Shabana Akhtar
# Shabana Akhtar

Shabana Akhtar (born April 5, 1972) is an Olympic athlete from Pakistan. She became Pakistan's first woman to compete at the Olympics when she took part in the women's long jump at the 1996 Olympics.

She is a 42-time Pakistan national champion, having won the 100m and 200m dashes from 1989 to 1998, and from 1992 to 1998 the 400 metres, long jump, high jump, 4 × 100 m Relay and 4x400 Relay.

She represented Pakistan at the:

* World Championships: 1993 (100 metres and 200 metres) and 1995 (100 metres)
* South Asian Games: 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995
* Women's Islamic Games: 1993, 1997
* Women's International Games: 1998, 2001
