# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kulsoom-abdullah
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:24:25.347Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kulsoom-abdullah"
name: "Kulsoom Abdullah"
slug: "kulsoom-abdullah"
description: "Kulsoom Beenazir Abdullah Kakakhel is a Pakistani-American weightlifter who became the first female weightlifter representing Pakistan when she competed at the 2011 World Championships. The same year she made history when, in keeping with her religious views, she became the first woman to compete in hijab, covered arms and legs after the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) modified its rules to accommodate her request to do so."
tagline: "Pakistani-American weightlifter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Re-publica_Portland_2019_-_d2_(48935208051)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1976"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.87
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.405184
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 410
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/LiftingCovered"
    handle:    "LiftingCovered"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/kbak76/"
    handle:    "kbak76"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/kulsoomabdullah/"
    handle:    "kulsoomabdullah"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://kulsoom.net/"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/liftingcovered"
    handle:    "liftingcovered"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnd49poRk6-eB3Zf63VAHUw"
    handle:    "@kbak76"
    followers: 379
  - platform:  "GITHUB"
    url:       "https://github.com/kulsoom-abdullah"
    handle:    "kulsoom-abdullah"
    followers: 31
sources:
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    title: "কুলচুম আব্দুল্লাহ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kulsoom_Abdullah"
    title: "Kulsoom Abdullah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9D_%D7%A2%D7%91%D7%93%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9C%D7%94"
    title: "קולסום עבדאללה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE"
    title: "குல்சூம் அப்துல்லா"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%88%D9%85_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%DB%81"
    title: "کلثوم عبداللہ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18016127"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump