Pakistan
12-year-old Haniya Minhas, a young tennis player from Pakistan Adidas, has been signed by Adidas, as their brand ambassador. Haniya is Pakistan’s youngest and the nation’s first teen athlete to accomplish this historic feat.
As for Haniya, she is set to become Adidas’s brand ambassador, as revealed on Twitter by former Adviser to the Prime Minister of Pakistan for Commerce and Investment, Abdul Razak Dawood.
I am pleased to announce that @HaniyaMinhas1 is now officially joining the Adidas team as their brand ambassador. She is the first and youngest teenage star from Pakistan to achieve this milestone in Tennis.
— Abdul Razak Dawood (@razak_dawood) January 19, 2023
Abdul Razak Dawood is the founder of Bilquis and Abdul Razak Dawood (BARD) Foundation, which has been sponsoring Haniya since she was nine years old.
Haniya, who was born in Karachi, recently won several championships at the Little Mo Internationals in New York, which helped her gain fame. Haniya won the singles, doubles, and mixed-doubles titles, giving her a total of three victories in the competition.
Then, she made history by becoming the first celebrity from Pakistan to take home a bronze medal at the Orange Bowl Tennis Championships.