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{{Short description|Indian taekwondo player (born 2000)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Afreen Hyder
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| birth_date = 2000
| birth_place = Srinagar, Kashmir
| years_active = 2007–present
| country = {{IND}}
| sport = [[Taekwondo]]
| rank = 173rd
| updated = <code>16 November 2023</code>
}}

'''Afreen Hyder''' (born 2000) is an Indian [[taekwondo]] practitioner from [[Srinagar]], [[Kashmir]], [[India]]. Hyder has been an All India Rank 1 holder and has previously been ranked among the top 100 female Taekwondo athletes in the world.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jammu News: सीनियर नेशनल ताइक्वांडो में आफरीन को रजत |url=https://www.amarujala.com/jammu/senior-national-taekwondo-jammu-news-c-10-jmu1037-201075-2023-09-13 |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi}}</ref> As of 30 December 2023, she is ranked 200th in the senior division women's 62 kg World Kyorugi rankings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Taekwondo |url=http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/ranking/ranking.html |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=www.worldtaekwondo.org}}</ref> Hyder is the first female taekwondo athlete from Kashmir.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=ANI |date=2022-07-21 |title=Meet Afreen Hyder, Kashmiri female taekwondo athlete aiming for Olympics |url=https://theprint.in/sport/meet-afreen-hyder-kashmiri-female-taekwondo-athlete-aiming-for-olympics/1048669/ |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Network">{{Cite web |last=Network |first=KL News |date=2023-09-13 |title=JK's Afreen Hyder Wins Silver In Senior National Taekwondo Championship |url=https://kashmirlife.net/jks-afreen-hyder-wins-silver-in-senior-national-taekwondo-championship-327775/ |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=Kashmir Life |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |title=A Journey Through Curfews & Politics: Kashmir First Female Taekwondo Athlete, Afreen Hyder Aims Paris Olympics 2024 Medal For India - EXCLUSIVE |url=https://www.india.com/sports/a-journey-through-curfews-and-politics-kashmirs-first-female-taekwondo-athlete-afreen-hyder-aims-paris-olympics-2024-medal-for-india-exclusive-6266623/ |access-date=2025-08-05 |website=www.india.com |language=en | date=28 August 2023 | first=Debayan | last=Bhattacharyya}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Hyder was born in Srinagar in 2000. She completed her schooling at [[List of Delhi Public School Society schools|Delhi Public School]] (DPS) in Srinagar and has started pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Abid |date=2023-02-16 |title=Afreen makes Kashmir proud again |url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/sports/afreen-makes-kashmir-proud-again/ |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=Greater Kashmir |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=खेल से ज्यादा खूबसूरती के लिए चर्चित है यह कश्मीरी एथलीट |url=https://www.amarujala.com/web-stories/sports/kashmiri-taekwondo-athlete-afreen-hyder-photos-2023-06-12 |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Razvii |first=Sahil |date=2023-11-07 |title=जम्मू की रहने वाली आफरीन हैदर ने गोवा में नेशनल गेम्स में जीता सिल्वर मेडल. |url=https://lallanpost.com/afreen-haider-resident-of-jammu-won-silver-medal-in-the-national-games-in-goa/ |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Lallanpost |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Career ==
Hyder represents [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu & Kashmir]] in national and international competitions and was the first taekwondo sportswoman to do so at the time.<ref name=":1" /> She won her first ever medal at the national level in 2010.<ref name=":0" />

Hyder won a silver medal at the 2022 Senior National Taekwondo Championship, which took place in Maharashtra from the 10th to 12 February 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=जम्मू की ताइक्वांडो खिलाड़ी आफरीन हैदर ने नेशनल गेम्स में जीता सिल्वर मेडल |url=https://www.hindi.awazthevoice.in/sports-news/jammu-s-taekwondo-player-afreen-haider-silver-medal-national-games-goa-36677.html |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=hindi.awazthevoice.in |language=hi}}</ref><ref name="Network"/>

She won a bronze medal at the 2023 Senior National Taekwondo Championship.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-01-19 |title=Afreen Hyder makes J&K proud, gets selected for National Games 2023 {{!}} KNO |url=http://www.kashmirnewsobserver.com/top-stories/afreen-hyder-makes-jandk-proud-gets-selected-for-national-games-2023-kno-177968 |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=Kashmir News Observer}}</ref>

She won a silver medal after losing the final match of the women's under-67 kg category in the 2023 [[National Games of India|Goa National Games]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=गोवा में जम्मू की बेटी ने दिखाया दमखम, National Games में ताइक्वांडो खिलाड़ी ने जीता सिल्वर मेडल; आंध्र प्रदेश के खिलाड़ी को दी मात - Jammu Kashmir taekwondo player Afreen Haider won silver medal in National Games in goa |url=https://www.jagran.com/jammu-and-kashmir/jammu-jammu-kashmir-taekwondo-player-afreen-haider-won-silver-medal-in-national-games-in-goa-23572791.html |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref>

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[[Category:Indian female taekwondo practitioners]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Martial artists from Jammu and Kashmir]]
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