LONDON – A 15-years-old British Pakistani girl has made a new record bybagging 64 gold medals after winning Karate matches across England.
Myra Nasim started taking interest in Karate at the age of 5 when she wouldsee her older brother learning karate at a local community centre in EastLondon. She asked her father to pay for her Karate lessons and soon afterher coach spotted unique talent in her and urged her to train more.
She told, “The coach saw huge potential in me and started sending me tocompetitions. At the age of 7 I won my first gold medal and since than Ihave won 64 gold medals in all competitions.
At the age of 10 I was the youngest athlete to win 3 national titles in thesame year. In 2017, I represented England at youth level and won gold in myfirst attempt. In 2018, I won all 4 international titles including the mostprestigous the English National Championship. I have done 11 TV commercialsfor some of the biggest names as well as 3 TV shows and worked as extra in2 films.
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Myran Nasim now wants to represent Pakistan at the next world championshipin Chile in October 2019. “I have represented my country England and now Iwant to represent Pakistan which is the country of my origin. I will behonoured if I get the opportunity to raise flag of Pakistan.”
