Background
Malki was born in Doha on 21 October 1994, the youngest of six brothers and five sisters.
Malki was born in Doha on 21 October 1994, the youngest of six brothers and five sisters.
By competing in London she became one of the first ever female athletes to represent the country at an Olympic Games. She weighs 44 kilograms (97 lb) and is 1.55 metres (5 ft 1 in) tall. She began training as an athlete in 2008, under the guidance of Tunisian coach and former international middle-distance runner Naima Ben Amara.
Although at first she lacked consistency in her training, she soon built a strong relationship with her coach, and became the fastest female Qatari athlete, winning the Qatar Association of Athletics Federation’s (QAAF) ‘Best Female Athlete’ in 2010-11. Malki considers fellow Qatari Femi Ogunode to be her sporting idol, and hopes to "become an idol" for other Qatari girls in the future. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Malki suffered a pulled hamstring steps out of the starting blocks.
Her race ended in sudden pain on the track, eventually taken off in a wheelchair.