Gule Sheikh

Gulé Sheikh is the first Pakistani body building fitness competitor in the world. Belonging to Lahore, Pakistan she has succeeded with a pivotal role in a male dominated industry. She is also one of the first women of Pakistani decent to be in body building competition. Gulé is a certified personal trainer and fitness competitor.

Biography

Gule Sheikh was born and raised in Ottawa, Canada. She moved to Toronto in 1998 where she attended school and university to pursue Software Development and an aggressive career in IT. After several years of an unhealthy lifestyle and her development of adult asthma she became interested in nutrition and exercise. With a competitive streak, Sheikh realized that she was more interested in fitness competitions and strictly began her journey in pushing towards her goals.

Today, she is the first Pakistani female fitness competitor, where she has won 1st place in two competitions back to back within 2 weeks. She has quickly become a South Asian role model in health and wellness. Sheikh holds her own bootcamp and is a personal trainer for many. She is active in various fitness competitions in Canada and the USA.

Competitions

Other

Gule Sheikh has also judged the Miss Pakistan World pageant in the year 2010 and 2011. She has taken part in various marathon, one being the Asthma Marathon Challenge.

References

http://torontosun.com/News/OtherNews/2007/09/30/4538101-sun.html