Ruqsana Begum Biography

Ruqsana Begum comes from a traditional religious family and grew up in a strict Muslim household. She graduated with a degree in Architecture from the University of Westminster. She was a trainee architect and was made redundant after the company she worked for made cuts. She is a part-qualified architect. In 2002 at the age of 18 Begum took up a kickboxing class after college. She initially did it as a hobby in secret due to concerns that her family may not approve. In 2006 soon after she graduated from university she told her family that she was practising Muay Thai after she had kept it a secret from her family for almost five years. In 2008 she started fighting professionally. On 6 September 2012 Begum was nominated as British Muay Thai Team Captain and won bronze at the International Federation of Muaythai Amateur (IFMA) World Championships in Saint Petersburg Russia. On 9 September 2012 she beat Ranini Cundasawmy from Mauritius in the quarter-final before losing her semi-final match on 11 September 2012 against the European champion Chyslova Liudmila from Belarus who proceeded to win silver.

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