Shazli Tahir

Shazli Tahir (Pakistani pronunciation: [ˈshazlee tahir]; Urdu: شاذلي طاہر‎; born 27 December 1989 in Karachi) is a Pakistani international Sailor currently playing for Aquatic Club and the Pakistan national team. He started sailing at the age of 10 and competed at 11 in Optimist Class Dinghy. Currently he is sailing Laser 470 dinghy along with crew Sabahat Ullah Babur.

Early life

Shazli attended Bahria College and National University of Sciences and Technology in Karachi. He great achievements in sports since then.

Other Interests

He has a talented personality. He also plays Football, Sailing and Skiing. He is also a good sketcher.

Sailing

He had been playing nationally under NORE Sailing club. On 22 December 2003 he went to Mumbai, India to represent his country in IODA Asian Championships 2003.<ref name="Shazli Tahir". Then he went to Srilanka and secured 2nd position overall in the South Asian Yatching Regatta while sailing Laser 4.7. He also secured second position in Chief of the Air Staff International Open sailing regatta held in karachi PAF in the Laser 4.7. He has sailed Optimist, Laser Radial, Laser 16, Enterprise Class, Laser 470 in a number of different events. He was also selected to represent Pakistan in Istanbul, Turkey for Laser Radial and Swimming events in International Nautical Competition.