Rubab Raza

Rubab Raza (Urdu: رُباب رضا; born January 15, 1991^[1]) is a national-record-holding swimmer from Pakistan. She became Pakistan's first female Olympic swimmer when she swam at the 2004 Olympics.^[2][3]

Rubab Raza

Personal information
Native name	رُباب رضا
Born	(1991-01-15) January 15, 1991 (age 34) Lahore, Pakistan
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Medal record Women's Swimming Representing  Pakistan Women's Islamic Games 2005 Tehran 50m freestyle 2005 Tehran 4x100m freestyle relay 2005 Tehran 4x200m freestyle relay South Asian Games 2004 Islamabad 4x100m medley relay 2004 Islamabad 4x100m freestyle relay 2004 Islamabad 100m backstroke 2006 Colombo 50m freestyle 2006 Colombo 50m backstroke

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she swam the 50m Freestyle. She did not progress to the first round. She became the third Pakistani female to compete at the Olympics—following Shabana Akhtar at the 1996 Olympics and Shazia Hidayat at the 2000 Olympics—shortly before the country's fourth female competitor, Sumaira Zahoor, who ran the 1500m at the 2004 Games a few days after Raza swam. At the age of 13 at the time of her Olympic swim, Raza was the youngest Pakistani female to compete at an Olympics.

The Pakistani Swimming Federation funded her with only $30 a month, but she was fortunate to have support from her father who is a retired army major and her mother who is a doctor.

She has won a number of national titles, and has seen success at Asian swimming tournaments. She also won a gold medal in 50m freestyle at Islamic Women's Solidarity Games in Tehran, Iran.

She has also swum for Pakistan at the:

• 2006 South Asian Games
• 2006 Commonwealth Games