Fatima Zahra

Fatima Zahra (born 2 July 2004) is a Pakistani amateur boxer. She has won bronze medals at the 2026 Commonwealth Games and the 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games.

Early life Fatima was born on 2 July 2004 in Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan. She took up boxing after being inspired by Indian Olympic medalist boxer Mary Kom and the biographical film based on her life. Her family initially opposed her boxing career and prevented her from attending training. After being persuaded by her childhood coach, they became supportive of her boxing career. Her two sisters and younger brother are also involved in the sport.

Career Fatima's international breakthrough came at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, where she was Pakistan's only female boxer at the tournament.

At the 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games in Riyadh, Fatima competed in the women's 60 kg event. She defeated Algeria's Hamda Melissa (5–0) in the quarterfinals and was then narrowly beaten (3–2) by Odinakhon Ismoilova of Uzbekistan in the semifinals to win the bronze medal, becoming the first Pakistani woman to claim an international multi-sport boxing medal. In the women's 60 kg event, she defeated Lesotho's Realboha Segoeta in the opening round via RSC and New Zealand's Jordan Wilson (5–0) in the quarterfinals. She was then defeated in the semifinals by Canada's Marie Al-Ahmadieh via RSC, finishing with the bronze medal. She became Pakistan's first female Commonwealth Games medalist and the first Pakistani woman to win a boxing medal at the Commonwealth Games.