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- Country of residence: Palestine
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She carried her dream with her since
childhood, and her name emerged as she had planned since her childhood. She had
a love for basketball since she was nine years old. Khadija Al-Hadra is a
Jerusalemite girl whose name shone in the West Asian Basketball Championship
recently.
The Jerusalemite girl, Khadija
Al-Hadra (16 years old), from the town of Al-Tur in occupied Jerusalem, won the
best shooting player award in the recent West Asian women’s basketball
championship.
Al-Hadra says in an interview with
“Balgraph” website: “Since I was nine years old, my father, may God have mercy
on him, supported me and supported me to develop my dream and my talent. And my
ambition increased to continue with what I started.”
And she continues: “The academy
coach, Khaled Barakat, witnessed my passion, desire, and skills, and he trained
and strengthened me in order to develop my skills and myself. This award.”
Al-Hadra adds that training the
Palestinian national team with the president of the federation for them was one
of the reasons that contributed to her ability to skip this competition and
succeed in it with very high skills.
And about the ball that was the
reason for her victory, Al-Hadra says: “My friends in the national team, at
some point in the stadium, trusted in my abilities and handed me the ball, and
they knew that I would be able to shoot it, and indeed it was a goal in the
basket and a goal for me in harvesting my fatigue and a reason for my obtaining
the first international award.”
Al-Hadra aspires, after winning the
best shooter in West Asia, to win prizes and top positions in the world in
basketball, and to participate in competitions on a global level. The competition
felt proud and accomplished, and that her hard work was not in vain. This was
Hadrah's first participation in an international competition and she hopes that
it will not be the last. Hadrah had won prizes at the level of Palestine,
including the prize of the Jerusalem Junior Women's Championship 2016.
It is noteworthy that the West Asian
Women's Basketball Championship for juniors was held in Sulaymaniyah
Governorate in Iraq, with the participation of the Syrian, Lebanon and
Palestine teams in addition to Iraq. The Syrian junior team won the tournament.
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