Zahra lari biography of williams
In , Zahra Lari from the UAE, made history on the ice twice.
Zahra Lari is an Emirati figure skater....
For 24-year-old Zahra Lari, being first – or the only – is a badge of honor. The Emirati figure skating champion has racked up an impressive number of firsts in her ground-breaking career: first Emirati to compete in figure skating, first Middle Eastern woman to land a triple jump (at this year’s EduSport Trophy in Bucharest), first (and only) UAE athlete to hoist the nation’s flag at the Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, this past March.
“It was one of the most memorable moments of my life,” she recalls.
“It was the first time the UAE flag was carried out and it was an honor for me to be the one carrying it. The media attention was unbelievable, I had about 50 cameras following me. It felt like a great step forward.” There’s one more “first” to add to her résumé: Lari is the first woman ever to perform in a hijab on the ice.
Not Yet: The Story of an Unstoppable Skater.“I’m extremely proud of the barriers I’ve overcome,” she says. “They weren’t small obstacles, either. I always forget what I’ve achieved and only
