Shivani Kataria
 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| National team |  India |
| Born | September 27, 1997 Gurugram, Haryana, India |
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 60kg (132lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
| Coach | Mr. Yadav |
Shivani Kataria is an Indian swimmer. She was born on 27 September 1997 in Haryana. She swims in the women's 200 meter race using the freestyle swimming stroke.[1] She represented India at 2016 Summer Olympics. She has also won many medals at South Asian Games and Asian Age Group Championship.[1]
Early life
[change | change source]Shivani lived all her life in Gurugram (Gurgoan). She went to school at DAV Public School,Gurgoan Archived 2021-09-27 at the Wayback Machine.[2] At the age of 6, she started swimming in a summer camp at Baba Gang Nath Swimming Centre near her house.[3] Her parents supported her.[4] She took her initial training under Mr. Yadav.[5] Under his guidance, she participated in various district level competitions. She earned a bronze medal at CBSE National, Gujarat.[5][2] In 2012, she decided to become a professional swimmer. She started swimming 4 hours every day along with hard training.[2]
Career
[change | change source]Shivani finished sixth in the 200m freestyle at the 2013 Asian Youth Championships. She won a gold medal at the 2016 South Asian Games.[1] In 2015, she trained for a year at the FINA camp at Thyanpura in Phuket, Thailand.[3][6] She was titled B Cart after finishing with a clock time of 2:04:00. This gave her a lot of confidence to compete in the Summer Olympics in 2016.[2][5]
2016 Summer Olympics
[change | change source]Shivani was selected as India's wildcard entry by Digambar Kamat for the Rio Olympics. Digambar Kamat was the president of Swimming Federation of India (SFI) at that time.[1] She made many headlines when she successfully got qualified for the Rio Olympics.[5] With her qualification to the Olympics, she became the first Indian woman to participate in the Summer Olympics.[3] She finished with a clock time of 2:09:30 in the Women’s 200 m freestyle event but she was failed to qualify for the semi-finals. She holds most of India's national records in swimming.[1]
From the Rio Games, she hoped to motivate young Indian swimmers to pursue a career in swimming and join her at Tokoyo Olympics.[1]
Records
[change | change source]| Event | Name | Time | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 200m freestyle | Shivani Kataria | 2:04.34 | 2015 Asian Age Group Championships |
| 4x100m freesyle relay | Rujuta Khade, Maana Patel, Divya Satija, Shivani Kataria | 4:00.76 | 2019 Asian Age Group Championships |
| 4x100m medley relay | Maana Patel, Chahat Arora, Divya Satija, Shivani Kataria | 4:26.69 | 2019 Asian Age Group Championships |
| 4x100m freestyle relay (Mixed ) | Srihari Nataraj, Maana Patel, Shivani Kataria, Virdhawal Khade | 3:42.56 | 2019 Asian Age Group Championshps |
| 4x100m medley relay ( Mixed ) | Srihari Nataraj, Prema Selvaraj, Divya Satija, Shivani Kataria | 4:04.15 | 2019 Asian Age Group Championships |
References
[change | change source]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Road to Rio: Shivani Kataria, first Indian woman swimmer at the Olympics after 2004". Firstpost. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 "Interview with Indian swimmer Shivani Kataria: "Reaching semi-finals in 2016 Rio Olympics would be historic"". 26 July 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- 1 2 3 "The Story Of Shivani Kataria - India's First Female Olympic Swimmer In 12 Years". indiatimes.com. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ↑ "Shivani Kataria: India's first woman swimmer at Olympics in12 years". SheThePeople TV. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 "Shivani Kataria Biography, Age, Awards, Achievements, Net Worth -". SportzCraazy. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ↑ "No unrealistic aims: Shivani Kataria". deccanchronicle.com/. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ↑ "Srihari Nataraj, Richa Mishra among best - full list of Indian swimming national records". Olympics.com. Retrieved 28 September 2021.