Afghan Biographies
Najafi, Nooria Mrs.
| Name | Najafi, Nooria Mrs. |
| Ethnic backgr. | Hazara |
| Date of birth | 1997 |
| Function/Grade | Afghan para table tennis player |
| History and Biodata |
3. Biodata: She had been competing in a number of international table tennis competitions - in both para table tennis and ITTF table tennis - where she holds a ranking of 604 as of March 2020. However, just over a year ago Nooria made the decision to start playing and coaching para badminton; one of the two new para sports to be introduced in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Her international para badminton debut came in early 2019 at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) World Games after receiving her first international classification earlier that week.Nooria Najafi was one of 24 female coaches from Asia who came to Japan in February 2020 for the second session of the Road to Tokyo 2020 workshop to help boost their para sports programme through their National Paralympic Committees (NPC).
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| Last Modified | 2020-05-17 |
| Established | 2020-05-17 |
Mrs. Nooria Najafi was born 1997 and hails from Nahor, Ghazni Province. She is now living in the capital city Kabul, Nooria lost her hand as a three-year-old during the Civil War. Her impairment however didn’t stop her from playing sports. She has been a table tennis player since she was a child, but it wasn’t until ninth grade that she started to specialise in the sport. The 23-year-old is ranked as one of the top female table tennis players in Afghanistan for athletes with an impairment and who are able-bodied. Unfortunately, Afghanistan have no para table tennis team. Despite this setback, Nooria had dreams of representing Afghanistan at Tokyo 2020 in both the Olympic and Paralympic Games.