Rubab Raza
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Rubab Raza (Template:Langx; born January 15, 1991<ref>Template:Cite Sports-Reference</ref>) is a national-record-holding swimmer from Pakistan. She became Pakistan's first female Olympic swimmer when she swam at the 2004 Olympics.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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:
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- Pakistani female swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for Pakistan
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers from Lahore
- Convent of Jesus and Mary, Lahore alumni
- Sportswomen from Punjab, Pakistan
- South Asian Games silver medalists for Pakistan
- South Asian Games bronze medalists for Pakistan
- South Asian Games medalists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Pakistan
- 21st-century Pakistani sportswomen