Fathmath Dheema Ali Clinches Third Consecutive Best Sportswoman Title
Critics
At the Maldives Sports Awards 2024, Fathmath Dheema Ali once again secured the title of Best Sportswoman, marking her third consecutive win. Since the introduction of the Sports Awards in 2022, Dheema has claimed the honor every year except the inaugural one.
Last night’s ceremony celebrated the nation’s most outstanding athletes and sports officials from 2024. A year that became one of the pinnacles of Dheema’s sporting career. She not only qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France but also emerged as the champion of the Olympic qualifying stage, becoming the only Maldivian athlete to earn the opportunity to compete at the Olympics.
The Best Sportsman of the Year award went to Moosa Munsif Ahmed, who advanced to the quarterfinals of the South Asian Olympic Qualifying Tournament as part of the National Men’s Team.
Dheema and Munsif were recognized as the top performers in Olympic sports. In categories outside Olympic disciplines, bodybuilder Azneen Rashad was honored as Sportsman of the Year, and Eema Abdul Sattar, representing netball, was named Best Sportswoman in Non-Olympic Sports.
Awards – Olympic Sports
Sportswoman of the Year (Olympic):
1st – Fathmath Dheema Ali
2nd – Aishath Majidha
3rd – Fathmath Juzan Zareer (Volleyball)
Sportsman of the Year (Olympic):
1st – Moosa Munsif Ahmed (Table Tennis)
2nd – Ismail Sajid (Volleyball)
3rd – Mohamed Rihan Shiham (Swimming)
Awards – Non-Olympic Sports
Sportswoman of the Year (Non-Olympic):
1st – Eema Abdul Sattar (Netball)
2nd – Aminath Rabaab Ibrahim (Netball)
3rd – Aminath Vidad (Carrom)
Sportsman of the Year (Non-Olympic):
1st – Azneen Rashad (Bodybuilding)
2nd – Shaheen Ibrahim Didi (Bodybuilding)
3rd – Ahmed Rasheed (Bodybuilding)
Special Honors
Lifetime Achievement Award: Brothers “Morning Sun” Moosa Manik (Kuda Moosa) & volleyball legend Mohamed Nadheem
Special Recognition / Special Olympics Athlete Awards:
Mohamed Aushal Adam
Mariyam Ziva Zahir
Youth Athletes of the Year
Young Sportswoman:
1st – Fathmath Dheema Ali (Table Tennis)
2nd – Mishka Mohamed Ibrahim (Table Tennis)
3rd – Thazkiya Amna Mirsad (Swimming)
Young Sportsman:
1st – Mohamed Rihan Shaheem (Swimming)
2nd – Zeek Hassan Latheef (Table Tennis)
3rd – Umair Mohamed Muizzu (Table Tennis)
Best Athletes by Sport
Athletics: Fasooha Ahmed | Hassan Saaidh
Badminton: Fathimath Nabaha Abdul Razzaq | Mohamed Zayan Shaheed Zaki
Bodyboarding: Ali Khushruwan Ahmed
Bodybuilding: Azneen Rashad
Carrom: Aminath Vidad | Ismail Azmeen
Chess: Nihaya Ahmed | Mohamed Shuau
Cricket: Yoosuf Azyan Farhath
Handball: Fathimath Juna | Mohamed Firnash
Netball: Eema Abdul Sattar
Billiards: Aminath Azra | Hussain Fayaz
Shooting: Aishath Yooha Imthiyaz | Ibrahim Shifan
Swimming: Amna Thazkiya Mirsad | Mohamed Rihan Shiham
Table Tennis: Fathmath Dheema Ali | Mohamed Munsif Ahmed
Tennis: Aara Aasal | Abdulla Faih Fazeel (Faai)
Volleyball: Aishath Majidha | Ismail Sajid (Kuda Kaattey)
Football was not included this year as no domestic competitions were held in 2024.
Sports Media Awards
Sports Visual Artist of the Year: Nausham Waheed
Sports Journalist of the Year: Ismail Shah