Asim Qureshi's Profile
Age (Years): 57
Sport: Table Tennis
City: Lahore
Weight(Kgs): 60
Biography:
In a country where the most popular sports are cricket and hockey, Qureshi picked up the racket at the age of 14 and never looked back.
He became a top-class national-level player at the age of 16 and since then has represented Pakistan in two editions of the Commonwealth Games, 16 World Table Tennis Championships and 55 international tournaments. He is one of the oldest athletes at the 2018 Asian Games.
Qureshi, works for the electricity division of the Water & Power Development Authority (WAPDA) in Pakistan. To promote table tennis game all over the Pakistan on Professional level he is ruining his own academy where everyone having passion for table Tennis will be getting the opportunity to take table tennis training under the supervision of Asim Qureshi himself.
He has bagged seven silver medals and eight bronze medals in the South Asian Federation (SAF) Games, the top sporting event in the Indian subcontinent. Qureshi, who is currently the oldest active player in the international table tennis arena, has not only defied age, but also kept his burning desire to compete at the international level even after turning 50.
The evergreen man with his trademark bandana is still the national champion in his country. Although he made his Asian Games debut in Incheon in 2014, the top Pakistani player has been the torchbearer of the sport in his country for a long time. Playing his second Asian Games in Jakarta, he lost his Round of 32 singles match to India’s Achanta Sharath Kamal, who is 20 years younger.