Swimming in India

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Swimming in India
Gold medal winners of India Men's, 4x100m Medley in Swimming, at the 12th South Asian Games-2016, in Guwahati on February 10, 2016.jpg
Gold medal winners of Indian men's 4x100m medley in swimming, at the 12th South Asian Games 2016
Governing body Swimming Federation of India

Swimming is widely practiced in India, but only leisurely and not commonly as a professional sport. [1] [2]

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Swimming sport in India is administered by the Swimming Federation of India. [3] SFI was formed by the merger of the National Swimming Association (NSA) and the Indian Swimming Federation (ISF). [4]

Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj won silver in the 50m backstroke event at the 30th Mare Nostrum swimming tour at the Canet-en-Roussillon, France. [5]

Background

In 2020 SFI prepared a plan for the long-term development of the sport. [6] A workshop was organised in 2021 with Dr. Genadijus Sokolovas. [7] [8] In 2024, the Inspire Institute of Sport launched the Mizuho High Performance Swimming Programme in partnership with Mizuho Bank. [9]

Olympics

Sajan Prakash and Srihari Nataraj achieved direct qualification for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, a feat never achieved by any Indian swimmer before. [10] Dhinidhi Desinghu, the youngest member of the Indian Olympic contingent, and Srihari Nataraj will represent India in swimming at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [11]

Asian Games

India has won one gold in the Asian Games, which was bagged by Sachin Nag in the 100m freestyle at the inaugural edition in New Delhi. [12] The country has won two silver and 6 bronze overall, the latest being Sandeep Sejwal's bronze in the 2014 Asiad in Incheon, South Korea. [2] India sent a 23-member contingent, including 9 women to the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. [13] [14] The Indian swimmers qualified for the finals of three events [15] and set seven national records in Hangzhou, but did not win any medals. [16]

Commonwealth games

India has won one bronze at the Commonwealth Games. [2]

Medal table

TournamentGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Asian Games 1268
Commonwealth Games 0011
Total1279

National award recipients

YearRecipientAwardGender
1961Bajarangi PrasadArjuna AwardMale
1966Rima DuttaArjuna AwardFemale
1967Arun ShawArjuna AwardMale
1969Baidyanath NathArjuna AwardMale
1971Bhanwar SinghArjuna AwardMale
1973Dhanvir KhatauArjuna AwardMale
1974 Manjari Bhargava Arjuna AwardFemale
1974Avinash B. SarangArjuna AwardMale
1975Smita DesaiArjuna AwardFemale
1975M. S. RanaArjuna AwardMale
1982Persis MadanArjuna AwardFemale
1983 Anita Sood Arjuna AwardMale
1984 Khajan Singh Arjuna AwardMale
1988Wilson CherianArjuna AwardMale
1990 Bula Choudhury Arjuna AwardFemale
1996 V. Kutraleeswaran Arjuna AwardMale
1998Bhanu SachdevaArjuna AwardMale
1999 Nisha Millet Arjuna AwardFemale
2000J. AbhijithArjuna AwardMale
2000 Sebastian Xavier Arjuna AwardMale
2005 Shikha Tandon Arjuna AwardFemale
2010 Rehan Poncha Arjuna AwardMale
2011 Virdhawal Khade Arjuna AwardMale
2012 Sandeep Sejwal Arjuna AwardMale
2011Sushil KohliDhyan Chand AwardMale
2014K. P. ThakkarDhyan Chand AwardMale
2020 Sachin Nag #Dhyan Chand AwardMale
2015 Nihar Ameen +Dronacharya AwardMale
2016S. Pradeep Kumar+Dronacharya AwardMale
2021Tapan Kumar Panigrahi+Dronacharya AwardMale
Key
   + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour
   # Indicates a posthumous honour

References

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