Sheikha Maitha Mohammed Rashid Al Maktoum
Emirati karate, taekwondo and polo player.
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Name in Arabic:
الشيخة ميثاء بنت محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم
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Date of Birth:
5 March 1980
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46 Year)
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Nationality:
Emirati
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Country of Residence:
United Arab Emirates
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Sheikha Maitha Mohammed Rashid Al Maktoum's Bio
Emirati karate, taekwondo and polo player.
Daughter of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum , Vice President of the UAE.
She is the President of the Zabeel Karate Club, the Zabeel Women's Taekwondo and Karate Teams Club, the President of the Karate Players Association of the World Karate Federation, and the Honorary President of the Arab Karate Federation.
She founded the first women's polo tournament in the UAE and led the team to victory in the Argentine Open Polo Championship for the second time in 2024.
She won a number of awards, including:
- "Fair Play Award" from UNESCO in Paris in 2006.
- "Best Arab Female Athlete Award 2006".
- "Sports Achievement Award" from the General Authority for Youth and Sports Welfare.
- "Silver Medal at the Masters 2006".
- Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Award for Women in Sports 2012.
She also won the French, German, Italian, and Turkish Open Championships, the World Kickboxing Championship title, the Olympic Champion title through her participation in the 2008 Beijing Olympics in Taekwondo, the Arab Karate Championship title in Algeria in 2004, and the Arab Karate Championship title in Egypt in 2007.




