Friba Razayee

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Friba Razayee (Persian: فریبا رضایی) (born September 3, 1985) is an Afghani judoka. In 2004, along with Robina Muqimyar, she was the first Afghani woman to participate in the Olympic Games.

Razayee fled Afghanistan for Pakistan during the Taliban's rule of the country. There she had her first experience with martial arts and began boxing. After her return to Afghanistan in 2002 she moved into judo, and began training for the Olympic Games. At the 2004 Summer Olympics Razayee was classified as a middleweight. In the first round on 18 August she was paired with Spaniard Cecilia Blanco and succumbed after 45 seconds.

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