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Birth name | Kanchanmala Pande | ||||||||||||||
Born | Amravati, Maharashtra, India | 31 December 1990||||||||||||||
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Country | India | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Position | World champion 2017 IPC para world championship Mexico City | ||||||||||||||
Disability | Visually Impaired | ||||||||||||||
Disability class | S11, SB11, SM11 | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Breaststroke, Backstroke, Freestyle and Individual medley | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kanchanmala D Pande is a blind international female swimmer. [1] [2] She has won several medals at international, National and State level since she was a child. Her current medal tally stands at 120 including 115 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze at international, national and state levels. She has competed successfully with sighted swimmers at all levels. [3]
Pande has won eleven international medals, including the world championship in 2017 at Mexico apart from participation in Commonwealth Games, 2006 at Australia, [4] [5] FESPIC Games 2006 at Malaysia, [6] Para-Asian games 2010, at China and numerous other tournaments. She has always been a [7] gold medalist at national and state levels. She has made a remarkable comeback after her maternity by winning three golds in the national championship and intends to participate in forthcoming national and international tournaments including Asian para games. She is class I officer in the Reserve Bank of India
Kanchanmala has been honored with numerous awards, including: