A graduate of GSEM UrFU will take part in the Olympic Games in Tokyo

19:01, July 4, 2021

Nigara Shaheen graduated from the master's program this year and will compete in competitions before judo

Nigara Shaheen, a graduate of the Master's programme "International Trade and Entrepreneurship", participates in the Olympic Games in Tokyo as part of the Refugee Olympic team.

Nigara is a native of Afghanistan, a judoka who competes in the category up to 70 kg. She started practicing judo when she was 11 years old, living as a refugee in Peshawar, Pakistan, as martial arts classes were a family tradition.

Nigara participated in the Grand Slam tournaments in Dusseldorf in 2020 and in the Grand Slam tournaments in Kazan in 2021.

Nigara is not just an excellent student and an athlete, she is also a future graduate student of our institute. We wish her victories at the Olympic Games and scientific success in graduate school!

Nigara Shaheen profile on the Olympiad website

Ural Federal University is one of the leading universities in Russia founded in 1920. UrFU is located in Yekaterinburg, the capital of the Ural region, an economic, industrial, scientific and cultural center of Russia. The university is the project office of the Ural Interregional Research and Education Center "Advanced Industrial Technologies and Materials" designed for solving tasks of "Science" National Project.