Fatima Bano

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Fatima Bano is a female wrestling coach from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Born in a Muslim family, Fatima Bano started her career in sports by playing Kabaddi, in which she won three national medals.^[1] She was the born to Syed Nasrulla who worked in BHL and her mother Nisha Bane was a housewife. She became the first Muslim woman coach of the country to raise the strength of 20 players at the international level at her own expense. She has also trained Geeta-Babita Phogat and Sakshi Malik.^[2] Currently, she is teaching 27 students which comprise 12 girls and 15 boys for the Olympic games.^[3]

In 1997, as advised by her Kabaddi coach, she went to Patiala, Punjab and got trained as a wrestler. Under the guidance of her coach, Shakir Noor, she participated in various national and international wrestling championships and won awards.^[1]

In 2003, she started her wrestling ring in Bhopal in a land given by the government. She was also given Four thousand Indian rupees as a monthly salary. She coaches children and teenagers - boys and girls. She also trained players from United States, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

In 2001, Fatima Bano was presented with , the highest honour in sports given by the government of the state of Madhya Pradesh.^[1] She was the first wrestler to achieve this position.

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• Fatima Bano : Wrestling Coach

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