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Sadaf Rahimi is the best female boxer in Afghanistan, but she must deal with her country's traditions, fear and her own fate in order to be a free woman.
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Sadaf Rahimi
Afghan boxer
Sadaf Rahimi is an Afghan boxer.
She was the first Afghan female boxer to be invited to the 2012 London Olympics, and the first female boxer on Afghanistan's national boxing team.[1]
Life
Rahimi and her siblings spent much of their childhood in Iran; their parents fled Afghanistan to Iran following the rise of the Taliban in 1990s.[2] While living in Iran, she started boxing at age 14 after she watched Laila Ali box in a competition.[3] After returning to Afghanistan with her family in 2007,[2] Rahimi was coached by Saber Sharifi, a former male professional boxer,[4] who as of 2012 trained 30 Afghan girls and young women in Kabul's Ghazi stadium.[5] In order to train, Rahimi had to gain permission from her family; however, Rahimi’s family was very supportive of her decision to box.[5] Rahimi trained three days a week for an hour in the Ghazi stadium and also practiced in her hom
