Tahmina Kohistani

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Afghan sprinter in the 100 metres, born in Kapisa Province in 1989. She was Afghanistan's only female athlete at the 2012 London Olympics, where she set a personal best of 14.42 seconds, and she was named to the BBC's 100 Women list in 2015.

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sprinter
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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    Summary

    Tahmina Kohistani is an Afghan runner in the 100 metres, born in Kapisa Province in 1989. 1 2 Her birth date is given differently across the sources: the Persian article gives 18 June 1989, the English lead and the Urdu article print 8 June 1989, and Wikidata carries both 18 June 1989 and 10 June 1990. 3 4 2

    London 2012

    Kohistani was Afghanistan's only female athlete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. 3 In the heats of the 100 metres she set a new personal best of 14.42 seconds; she finished last in her heat and did not advance. 1 Her previous personal best was 15.00 seconds, set at a competition in Bydgoszcz, Poland, in 2008. 1

    Recognition

    In 2015 she was listed among the BBC's 100 Women. 1

    Sources

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    Sources

    1. Tahmina Kohistani — English Wikipedia
    2. Tahmina Kohistani — Wikidata
    3. Tahmina Kohistani — Persian Wikipedia
    4. Tahmina Kohistani — Urdu Wikipedia
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    islam.museum contributors. “Tahmina Kohistani”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/tahmina-kohistani/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.

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