 In September 2013, Begum was awarded Sports Personality of the Year at the Asian Achievers Awards.In March 2017, she was awarded the UK Sport Inspirational Performance of the Year award at the Lycamobile British Ethnic Diversity Sports Awards (BEDSAs) held at the London Hilton on Park Lane.In October 2016, Begum was named one of the "Young British Muslim Millennials Changing The World" by "The Asian Today".