Twinkle Sohail

Twinkle Sohail (born: c.1998) is a Pakistani weightlifter.[1]

Twinkle Sohail
Born1998
Lahore

Personal information

Her father's name is Sohail Javed Khokhar.[2] She has four sisters including Maryam, Sybil and Veronica all of whom are weightlifters. Throughout her career, she has been coached by Rashid Malik and Muhammad Zahid. She[3] belongs to the Christian community of Pakistan. Sohail is currently pursues a bachelor's program focused in Sports Sciences from University of the Punjab, Lahore.

Career

Sohail initiated her professional sporting career as a cyclist and later switched to weightlifting as her coach identified special talent in her for this sport.

National

Sohail represents Pakistan Railways in national competitions.[4] In November 2019, she won gold in the 76kg category at the National Games held in Peshawar.[4]

International

Sohail, with her teammates, Sybil Sohail and Saniha Ghafoor brought a total of 12 gold medals[5] to Pakistan by participating in the International Oceania Pacific Powerlifting Championship[6] held in Singapore in 2017. She has also earned a gold medal in 57th category at Bench Press Competition held in Muscat, Oman. This contest had 148 participants representing 14 different countries. She became the first woman to represent her country in the championship[7] and the first to bring back gold. In December 2019, she along with her younger sister, Veronica, participated in the 13th South Asian Games held in Kathmandu, Nepal.[8][9]

References
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  5. "Twinkle of success for Pakistani Christian powerlifting duo". The Express Tribune. 2016-09-06. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  6. "Pakistan's Saniha, Twinkle clinch golds in international powerlifting competition | Pakistan Today". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  7. "Pakistan's 'powerlifting' sisters proud to represent nation, inspire youth". Al Arabiya English. 2018-09-19. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  8. Khilari. "13th South Asian Games (SAG) - Khilari". www.khilari.com.pk. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  9. "Weightlifting". South Asian Games Nepal 2019. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
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