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Noorena Shams (born 18 June 1997) is a Pakistani sportsperson. She has been a cyclist, a cricketer and a squash player from Peshawar and Timergara, Lower Dir District, Pakistan.
Shams has been a sportsperson since 2008. She was the first ever cyclist to win a silver medal for Pakistan in the Junior Olympics. Shams has played different sports and has won 63 gold medals, 24 silver medals and 5 bronze medals. As a squash player, Shams has been among the Top 40 Asian Junior Squash Players, and is currently ranked 209 in the world. She is currently World Number 212 by the Professional Squash Association. She is coached by Munawar Zaman, Shahzad Mohibullah Khan, Adil Khan and Tariq Khan. Shams won silver in cycling at the junior olympics and is the youngest South Asian to do so.
