The Immortals: Sports run in the Anwar family

The Anwar family. Photo: Courtesy

Kenya’s flag bearer at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Shehzana ‘Kuki’ Anwar, might have bowed out of the games minus a medal, but the Africa archery champion sure did give the sport some much-needed publicity in a country where any engagement outside athletics, soccer, rugby and at some point, cricket, is considered peripheral. Shehzana is a scion of the Anwars and sports runs in the family.

Azar Anwar: Famous rally driver is father of Shehzana Anwar. The three-time national safari rally champion in Kenya (1998, 2005 and 2006) and the 2009 Motorsport Personality of the Year, is a suspension engineer who also runs the Azar Anwar Motorsport School in Nairobi.