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Born | Delhi, India | 23 January 1989
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight | 160 lb (73 kg) |
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Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Breaststroke, backstroke, freestyle |
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Sandeep Sejwal (born 23 January 1989) is an Indian swimmer who has participated in Olympics 2008. [1] [2] He contested in the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events at the 2010 Asian Juniors in Beijing, but did not reach the finals in both events. [3] He won the bronze medal in 2014 Asian Games in 50 m breaststroke.
Sandeep is the Senior National Champion and Indian National Record-holder in the 50 m, 100 m and 200 m Breaststroke events. He won silver medals at the Asian Indoor Games, 2007 in the 50 m and 100 m Breaststroke events. [4] [5] [6]
Sandeep won bronze medal in 50m breaststroke event at the 2014 Asian Games. [7] [8]
He won two gold medals in the 100m, and 200m breaststroke at the 2010 South Asian Games. [9] [10]
He won three gold medals in the 50m,100m, and 200m breaststroke at the 2016 South Asian Games. [11] [12]
He won gold medal with a new national record in 50m breaststroke at the 14th Singapore National Swimming Championships, 2018. [13] [14]
He finished 7th in the finals of 50m breaststroke at the 2018 Asian Games. [15]
He is coached by Nihar Ameen [16] in Bangalore. He is supported by the GoSports Foundation, a sports non profit organisation that aims to promote sporting excellence in India. [17]
Year | Title | Role | Channel |
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2019 | Nach Baliye 9 | Contestant | Star Plus |
Sandeep was awarded the Arjuna award by government of India by then president Pranab Mukherjee. [18]
Sejwal married TV actress Pooja Banerjee on 28 February 2017. The couple had their first child, a baby girl named Sana on 12 March 2022. [19]
Sandeep is an undergraduate student at St. Stephen's College, Delhi. [6]