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{{Short description|Pakistani swimmer (born 1991)}}
{{more footnotes|date=May 2011}}
{{Infobox Swimmer
| name             = Rubab Raza
| native_name      = {{Nastaliq|رُباب رضا}} 
| native_name_lang = urdu
| image            = 
| birth_name       = <!--if different-->
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1991|01|15}}
| birth_place      = [[Lahore]], [[Pakistan]]
| medaltemplates   =
{{MedalSport| Women's [[Swimming (sport)|Swimming]] }}
{{MedalCountry| {{PAK}} }}
{{MedalCompetition| [[Women's Islamic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold|[[2005 Women's Islamic Games|2005 Tehran]]|[[Swimming at the 2005 Women's Islamic Games|50m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2005 Tehran|[[Swimming at the 2005 Women's Islamic Games|4x100m freestyle relay]]}}
{{MedalBronze|2005 Tehran|[[Swimming at the 2005 Women's Islamic Games|4x200m freestyle relay]]}}
{{MedalCompetition| [[South Asian Games]] }}
{{MedalSilver|[[2004 South Asian Games|2004 Islamabad]]|[[Swimming at the 2004 South Asian Games|4x100m medley relay]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2004 Islamabad|[[Swimming at the 2004 South Asian Games|4x100m freestyle relay]]}}
{{MedalBronze|2004 Islamabad|[[Swimming at the 2004 South Asian Games|100m backstroke]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2006 South Asian Games|2006 Colombo]]|[[Swimming at the 2006 South Asian Games|50m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze|2006 Colombo|[[Swimming at the 2006 South Asian Games|50m backstroke]]}}
}}

'''Rubab Raza''' ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|رُباب رضا}}}}; born January 15, 1991<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url= https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/rubab-raza-1.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200417183649/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/rubab-raza-1.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2020-04-17 |title= Rubab Raza |accessdate= 2011-01-24}}</ref>) is a [[List of Pakistani records in swimming|national-record]]-holding swimmer from [[Pakistan]]. She became Pakistan's first female Olympic swimmer when she swam at the [[Pakistan at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3812839.stm |title= Pakistan girl gets Olympic dream |work= [[BBC News]] |date= 2004-06-16 |access-date= 2011-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3582788.stm |title= Pakistan girl makes Olympic history |work= [[BBC News]] |date= 2004-08-20 |access-date= 2011-01-24}}</ref>

At the [[2004 Summer Olympics]], she swam the [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle|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 [[Pakistan at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Olympics]] and [[Shazia Hidayat]] at the [[Pakistan at the 2000 Summer Olympics|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 (rank)|major]] and her mother who is a [[Physician|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]]
* [[Aquatics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Commonwealth Games]]

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:1991 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Pakistani female swimmers]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers for Pakistan]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Swimmers from Lahore]]
[[Category:Convent of Jesus and Mary, Lahore alumni]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Punjab, Pakistan]]
[[Category:South Asian Games silver medalists for Pakistan]]
[[Category:South Asian Games bronze medalists for Pakistan]]
[[Category:South Asian Games medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Pakistan]]
[[Category:21st-century Pakistani sportswomen]]


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