Profiles
In efforts to expand the academy’s involvement in women sports, the academy is now providing sponsorship opportunities to all emirati athletes in individual sports.
This year, the academy sponsored 2 athletes who are eager to make it to the Olympics of 2016 and 2018. The athletes are:
Amna Al Haddad
Road to Rio 216
A 24-year-old UAE national Olympic weightlifter, strength coach, motivational speaker and freelance journalist who is aiming big.
She is currently the first Emirati weightlifter who is training to represent the UAE in the 2016 Rio De Janeiro Olympics.
Zahra Lari
Winter Olympics 2018
A 19 year old Olympic Figure Skater, who has been competing on an international level to gain the right experience to achieve her dream of becoming the first Muslim gold medalist in the sport.