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Sajan Prakash
Sajan Prakash (INDIA) with the winner's Gold Medal in the Men's swimming 200m Butterfly category, at the 12th South Asian Games-2016.jpg
Sajan with the winner's Gold Medal in the 200m butterfly category at the 2016 South Asian Games
Personal information
Full nameSajan Prakash
NationalityFlag of India.svg  India
Born (1993-09-14) 14 September 1993 (age 31)
Idukki, Kerala, India
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight154 lb (70 kg)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, Butterfly
ClubBasavanagudi Aquatic Centre/ Aqua Nation Sports Academy, Dubai
CoachPradeep Kumar
Medal record
Swimming
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Asian Indoor Games 100 m Butterfly
South Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Guwahati 200 m Butterfly
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Guwahati 1500 m Freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Guwahati 4 x 200 m Freestyle relay
National Games of India
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Kerala 100m Butterfly
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Kerala 200m Butterfly
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Kerala 400m Freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Kerala 800m Freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Kerala 1500m Freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Kerala 4x100m Freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Kerala 200m Freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Kerala 4x100m Medley

Sajan Prakash (born 14 September 1993) is an Indian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, butterfly and medley events. At the 2015 National Games in Kerala, he set a record on 8 February 2015 by winning 6 gold and 3 Silver medals, and became the best athlete of the Indian National Games, held at Trivandrum, Kerala. He competed at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics in the 200 meter butterfly event. [1] He became the first ever Indian swimmer to breach the FINA "A" Olympic qualification time when he clocked an Indian national record time of 1:56.38 in the 200 m butterfly event at the 2021 Sette Colli Trophy in Rome. With this time he qualified for the 200 m butterfly event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. [2] [3] [4] As of June 2021, he is the holder of 11 Indian national swimming records in events spanning freestyle, butterfly, medley and relay categories. Sajan is currently training with Aqua Nation Sports Academy (ANSA) based in Dubai.

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Personal life

Sajan Prakash hails from Idukki district of Kerala. He was raised in Neyveli, Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu. His mother V.J.Shantymol is also a former athlete and has represented India in several national and international events. He started training at the Neyveli Lignite City Swimming Club, Neyveli, Tamil Nadu. He did his schooling in St. Paul's Matriculation Higher Secondary School, NLC Boys Higher Secondary School, Jawahar Higher Secondary School, Neyveli, Tamil Nadu. He completed his graduation in computer applications from Annamalai University, Chidambaram. [5] Now he joined in Kerala Police as an Officer Commanding. A pool was opened in Neyveli after his name.

Career

In the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome, Sajan Prakash makes history as he became the first Indian swimmer, where he breached the Olympic qualification by just 10 milliseconds in the 200m butterfly event. [6]

He won the gold medal in the men's 200m butterfly event at the FINA-accredited Olympic Qualifying event. [6]

Olympics

Sajan finished at 28th position in the 200m butterfly event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [7]

Sajan finished at 24th position in the 200m butterfly event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [8]

Sajan finished at 46th position in the 100m butterfly event at the 2020 Summer Olympics with a timing of 53:45secs . [9]

Asian Games

At the Asian Games 2018, Prakash participated in 100m and 200m butterfly, 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay, and 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay. Prakash finished at 5th position in 200m Butterfly clocking timing of 1:57.75 and in the 4 × 100 m Freestyle relay, he finished at 8th position in the finals. [10] [11]

Commonwealth Games

Prakash finished 8th in the finals of the 200m butterfly event at the Commonwealth Games 2018. [12]

Achievements

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References

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