Mehboba Ahdyar

Mehboba Ahdyar (* 1988 or 1989) is an Afghan athlete. Ahdyar wanted to compete in the summer of 2008 as the only woman for her country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and there deny the race over 1500 meters. In early July 2008, she disappeared without a trace.

Career

Ahdyars family lives in a built of mud brick house in one of the poorest neighborhoods in the Afghan capital Kabul. In her youth she played some matches in their home. The 2008 Summer Olympic Games will be the first international competition. Your personal best over 1500 meters is currently at about 4:50 minutes, about a minute about the current world record of Chinese Qu Yunxia.

Last Ahdyar trained at the National Stadium in Kabul and in Italy. Your preparations for the Olympic Games were marred by reports of the Afghan Embassy in the United States of taunts and rumors conservative embossed neighbors and even death threats by extremists. Again and again, she was accused of " un-Islamic lifestyle ", even though they always took veiled and with high-necked training suit for competitions. She announced to want to wear headscarves during competitions in Beijing as a symbol of Muslim women.

In early July disappeared Ahdyar during a training camp in Italy. The initial assumption was that it was a capital crime, then multiple media consistently reported that she was on the run from the Taliban. You should have applied for asylum in Norway. Whether the application was accepted or rejected, is unknown.