YOUSOFI Kimia

Date of Birth: 20 May 1996

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.66/5'5''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
Additional Information
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 100m
	Women's 200m

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium	Women's 100m Round 1 - Heat 2	Finished
	Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium	Women's 200m Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Asian Games
Heats	Women's 100m	2018	Indonesia	13.33
Olympic Games
Preliminary Round	Women's 100m	2020	Tokyo, JPN	13.29
Preliminary Round	Women's 100m	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	14.02

Occupation:

Engineering - Kabul University, Afghanistan

Languages spoken:

John Quinn [personal]

In 2014 she struggled with a tendon injury to her leg. She needed three months to fully recover. (Athlete, 10 Aug 2016)

She took up athletics in 2013 in school. (Athlete, 10 Aug 2016)

"My family, especially my brothers, were very good at sport and they encouraged me to begin running." (Athlete, 10 Aug 2016)

To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (insidethegames, 18 Aug 2022)

Iranian sprinter Maryam Toosi. (Athlete, 10 Aug 2016)

Her mother. (Athlete, 10 Aug 2016)

Philosophy:

"When you are writing the story of your life don't let anyone else hold the pen." (Instagram profile, 31 Dec 2021)

She was Afghanistan's flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and performed the same role at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. (vice, 17 Aug 2021; scroll, 06 Aug 2016)

Additional Information

General
MOVE TO AUSTRALIA
She left Afghanistan at a young age and settled as a refugee in the Islamic Republic of Iran. At age 17 she was noticed by Afghan officials in a competition to discover female athletes, and began training seriously soon afterwards in Afghanistan. She moved back to the Islamic Republic of Iran in 2021, before relocating to Australia in August 2022. "It was a difficult decision between continuing and giving up [after the 2020 Olympic Games]. Sport is my dream. We Afghan women never back down. We will always move forward. I'm going to be training very, very hard [in Australia]. I am very excited about going to the next Olympic Games in Paris, so I'm definitely going to keep competing." (sportstar, 15 Nov 2022; insidethegames, 18 Aug 2022; abc, 17 Aug 2022; francetvinfo, 21 Aug 2021; scroll, 03 Jan 2017)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event