View Amna Al Haddad Before PNG. Many before us came to open the path that we are in today; Amna al haddad is an internationally recognized inspirational figure, keynote speaker, sports personality, writer, and mental health advocate from the uae.

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This is what amna al haddad's story does on a few different levels, both as a woman, and a muslim woman, it's the story first and foremost of an athlete. 3,606 likes · 2 talking about this. A sports pioneer, she is known for breaking the glass ceiling as an olympic weightlifter who contributed to uae's 2016 rio olympics.

She's now training to try an be the first emirati woman to represent uae.

She is signed to the nike women's team, as nike continues to promote and celebrate women's athletics. Olympic weightlifter amna al haddad wrote an open letter to explain why nike's new sport hijab is so important to her as a woman and a muslim. Her first competitive entrance was in october 2011. Since then she has competed in a number of international competitions.