Growing up in Kuwait, Raba’a Al Hajeri played every sport she could throughout grade school and went on to be a collegiate triathlete and soccer player. Upon graduation, she continued her passion for physical activity as a mountaineer, and carried this passion for outdoor adventure into her professional career.

Raba’a helped co-found “3 Triathlon Club,” an organization that aims to get more women into sport, physical activity, and triathlons. She also worked as a managing partner at “Eighty Percent,” a socially driven sports management company that improves sport and event management in Kuwait. Raba’a’s work is especially important given that women in her country have only been permitted to vote for the past 14 years. To create new opportunities, Raba’a seeks to develop the skills needed to address inadequate facilities and funding for women’s sports throughout Kuwait and to increase participation rates for women and girls in sports. In 2019, she became an Assistant Secretary General of the Kuwait Triathlon Federation (KTF), only the second woman ever to be elected to the board of a sports federation in Kuwait. In this role, she ensures that youth, women, and all club athletes have equal and ample opportunities to train, compete, and progress in triathlon.