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{{Short description|India Taekwondo athlete (born 1999)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Shanaz Parveen
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| birth_date = {{Birth date text|1 January 2002}}
| birth_place = Sankoo, [[Kargil]]
| height =
| weight =
| website =
| country = India
| sport = [[Taekwondo]]
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'''Shanaz Parveen''' is an Indian [[Taekwondo]] athlete. The first woman to bag a national-level gold from [[Ladakh]], she went on to represent India at the [[FISU World University Games]] in [[2021 Summer World University Games|Chengdu]] and [[2025 Summer World University Games|Rhine-Rhur]].<ref name="Chengdu">{{Cite web |last=Chandel |first=Vedant |date=2023-10-30 |title=21-year-old Shanaz knocks down barriers en-route to sporting history for Ladakh
|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/21yearold-shanaz-knocks-down-barriers-en-route-to-sporting-history-for-ladakh-101698604674975.html |access-date=2025-08-12 |website=[[Hindustan Times]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Freese |first1=Tina |title='Mom, My Biggest Supporter': 21-YO Fought All to Become Ladakh's 1st Gold Winning Taekwondo Champ |url=https://thebetterindia.com/355984/ladakh-girl-female-taekwondo-player-first-woman-to-win-gold-national-meet-shanaz-parveen-women-in-sports-champion/ |website=The Better India |access-date=12 August 2025 |date=8 July 2024}}</ref>

==Early life==
Shanaz was born was born in Sankoo, a hamlet near [[Kargil]], India. She has a brother and three sisters, one of whom is a football player. Parveen was herself drawn to takewondo after watching girls her age participate in a workshop held at her school. She described her fascination with the sport, saying she was captivated by the idea of "girls kicking and partaking in combat sports".<ref name="Chengdu"/>

==Career==
Parveen was active in sports throughout her school years, actively participating in badminton and other takewondo. Deciding to pursue a career in the latter, she began receiving formal training. She learnt the basics of the sport from local coach Mohd Ali, before shifting her training base to Jammu. Under the tutelage of Atul Pangotra, she began winning medals at local and district-level tournaments.<ref name="rhine">{{cite web |title=Ladakh's Shanaz Parveen kicks her way to global taekwondo stage |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/j-k/ladakhs-shanaz-parveen-kicks-her-way-to-global-taekwondo-stage/#google_vignette |website=[[The Tribune]] |access-date=18 August 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
Her big breakthrough came in 2023 when she won a gold medal at the National University Games. By doing so, Parveen became the first woman from the [[Union Territory]] of Ladakh to win a national-level medal in taekwondo.<ref name="UT">{{cite web |title=Shahnaz Parveen becomes first women athlete in Ladakh to win gold at National University Games CEC Feroz Khan congratulates Shahnaz for her achievement {{!}} The Administration of Union Territory of Ladakh {{!}} India |url=https://ladakh.gov.in/shahnaz-parveen-becomes-first-women-athlete-in-ladakh-to-win-gold-at-national-university-games-cec-feroz-khan-congratulates-shahnaz-for-her-achievement/ |website=Administration of Union Territory of Ladakh |access-date=18 August 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

Enrolled at the Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Parveen was selected for the squad that participated at the World University Games in [[2021 Summer World University Games|Chengdu]], [[China]] in August 2023. The first woman from Ladakh to play at the World University Games, she made the last-eight at the tournament.<ref name="Chengdu"/> “Even though I lost in the quarterfinals, it was the biggest learning experience. I got to don the India blazer and watched so many accomplished athletes perform well and learn from them,” she said of her experience at Chengdu.<ref name="Chengdu"/> Representing India at the 2024 Asian Taekwondo Poomsae Championship held in Vietnam, she made another deep run at an international event, reaching the quarterfinals.<ref name="Asian">{{cite web |last1=Raina |first1=Umar |title=8thAsian Taekwondo Poomsae Championship: Shahnaz Parveen honoured for outstanding performance |url=https://risingkashmir.com/8thasian-taekwondo-poomsae-championship-shahnaz-parveen-honoured-for-outstanding-performance/ |website=Rising Kashmir |access-date=20 August 2025 |date=1 June 2024}}</ref>

Parveen continued to do well in the domestic circuit, winning the gold medal at the 2025 Federation Cup Taekwondo National Championship held in Nasik, Maharashtra. She and fellow taekwondo player, Sonam Chosphal, were felicitated by the Ladakh administration following their performance.<ref>{{cite web |title=Taekwondo gold for Ladakh, Shanaz and Sonam honoured in Kargil |url=https://m.greaterkashmir.com/article/taekwondo-gold-for-ladakh-shanaz-and-sonam-honoured-in-kargil/395508 |website=Greater Kashmir |access-date=20 August 2025 |language=en |date=20 May 2025}}</ref> In the same year, Pavreen would again make the cut for the [[2025 Summer World University Games|World University Games]] played in [[Rhine-Rhur]], Germany. Carrying an injury though, she crashed out in a closely contested round-of-32 encounter.<ref name="rhine"/>

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian female taekwondo practitioners]]
[[Category:Indian athletes]]
[[Category:Indian women athletes]]
[[Category:2002 births]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]

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