Zahra Bani
Javelin Thrower
Somalian javelin thrower who won the individual national championship 13 times from 2005 to 2013.
Her first sport was volleyball, which she picked up when her family moved to Italy in 1989.
She performed a throw of 62.75 meters at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki.
She was born in Mogadishu.
Bani and Dainis Kula are both internationally-renowned javelin throwers.