[3] Ranked the number one table tennis player in the Maldives, she was selected to both the junior and senior national teams.

[3] In 2018, when she was 10 years old and in grade 5, she participated at the World Team Table Tennis Championships, setting the record for youngest-ever competitor; her teammate was a quarter-century older, at age 35.

[2][4] Later in 2018, Dheema Ali won silver at the South Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships in the under-12 event.

[3] However, at the request of her parents, she passed over the world junior championships to represent the Maldives at the Indian Ocean Island Games.

[2][8][9][10] In May 2024, Dheema Ali won the singles event at the South Asian Qualification Tournament, thus qualifying her for the 2024 Summer Olympics.