Ruqsana Begum

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ruqsana Begum
Occupation	Architect
Date Of Birth	Oct 15, 1983(1983-10-15)
Age	41
Birthplace	Bethnal Green
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Libra

Ruqsana Begum Biography

Ruqsana Begum is one of the most popular and richest Architect who was born on October 15, 1983 in Bethnal Green, England, United Kingdom. Ruqsana Begum, also known as ruksaanaa begm in Bengali, is an English professional boxer and kickboxer. She was the British and World Kickboxing Association’s female Atomweight (48-50kg) Muay Thai boxing champion, and also served as captain of British Muay Thai Team. Begum switched from professional kickboxing and boxing in March 2018.

Begum attended the local primary school, then went on to Swanlea School. Begum completed A-levels in history, art, Bengali, media and art. Begum received a degree from UzSWLU, Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 2006. Begum was a trainee architect, and she was fired by the company where she worked. She is part- qualified as an architect.

On 27 November 2010, in her first final, Begum defeated Paige Farrington to win the British Muay Thai Atomweight Kickboxing Championship Professional title from the Duel at the Dome contest in Doncaster. Begum is the only Muslim woman who is a national champion in her sport.

In June 2011, Begum was interviewed by Anwarul Hoque on BBC Asian Network. In August 2014, she was interviewed by Sunny and Shay Grewal on BBC London 94.9. In March 2015, she was interviewed by London Live. In September of the same year, she was interviewed by Sky News.

She worked in Epping Forest as an architect from 2006 to 2008. The recession of 2008 saw her lose the job. She worked two days per week as an unqualified science technician at Swanlea School, Whitechapel, London, from 2006 to 2009.

Ruqsana Begum Net Worth

Ruqsana Begum is one of the richest Architect from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ruqsana Begum 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Begum started kickboxing classes at 18 after graduating from college. Begum started it secretly as a hobby to avoid being judged by her family. After getting a part-time job as a chemist, she started university and continued to train every Sunday. She told her family in 2006 that she was practicing Muay Thai after having kept it secret for nearly five years. Begum was not stopped by them after they visited the gym. She began fighting professionally in 2008

Begum was 22 when her parents organized her marriage to Sayed Chowdhury (a Barking banker). She moved in with her husband, and his parents. Begum was caring for her father-in law, who was on dialysis. Begum also had to manage the household and her job as an unqualified architect. Eight months later, Begum collapsed one morning and spent two days in hospital. She was later diagnosed with severe panic attacks. After recovering for months, she returned to her parents’ home and filed for divorce in 2008. Although she has moved into her own apartment in Gants Hill, Ilford since then, she still spends half of each week with her parents.

In 2009, Begum defeated a Malaysian opponent to win a bronze medal at the World Amateur Kickboxing Championship in Bangkok, Thailand.

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According to our records, Ruqsana Begum married to Sayed Chowdhury. As of December 1, 2023, Ruqsana Begum’s is not dating anyone.

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On 6 September 2012, Begum was nominated as British Muay Thai Team Captain and won bronze at the International Federation of Muaythai Amateur (IFMA) World Championships in Saint Petersburg, Russia. On 9 September 2012, she beat Ranini Cundasawmy from Mauritius in the quarter-final, before losing her semi- final match, on 11 September 2012, against the European champion, Chyslova Liudmila, from Belarus who proceeded to win silver.

Facts & Trivia

Ruqsana Ranked on the list of most popular Architect. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Ruqsana Begum celebrates birthday on October 15 of every year.

On 13 April 2013, Begum fought Silvia La Notte from Italy at the New Bingley Hall in Birmingham for the International Sport Kickboxing Association (ISKA) World Championship. Although Begum was leading on points, during the fourth round the fight was abandoned after she took a knock to the head.