Maana Patel
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Born | 18 March 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Nihar Ameen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic finals | represented India at 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maana Patel (born 18 March 2000)[1] is an Indian backstroke swimmer from Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
Swimming career[]
Maana Patel started swimming when she was seven.[2]
Manna Patel, first Indian female swimmer who qualified for Tokyo Olympics will compete in the women's 100m backstroke event.[3] The 21-year-old swimmer suffered an ankle injury in 2019 and only made a comeback earlier this year.[3]
When she was 13, she clocked 2:23.41s in the 200m backstroke at 40th Junior National Aquatics Championship in Hyderabad breaking the national record of 2:26.41s held by Shikha Tandon at the Asian Age Group Championship in Tokyo in August 2009.[2] Maana has won gold medals in 50 backstroke and 200 metre backstroke also at the National Games. Maana has also won gold medal in 100 metre backstroke at the 60th National School Games (2015) breaking the national record in backstroke.[4]
She was selected for the Olympic Gold Quest in 2015.[2][5] She had won the silvers in 50 metre, 100 metre and 200 metre backstroke; bronze in 50 metre free style; gold in 4×100 metre freestyle relay; 4×100 metre medley relay at the 12th South Asian Games (2016).[1]
Maana won 3 gold medals at 72nd Senior National Aquatic Championships-2018.[6]
Maana won six medals (1 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze) at the 10th Asian Age-group Championships-2019 which was held in Bangalore.[7][8]
As of October 2021 , she has won 32 international, 99 national medals with 31 national records .[9]
Personal life[]
She studied commerce at the Udgam School for Children, Ahmedabad.[2] She was coached by Kamlesh Nanavati at the Gujarat Vidyapeeth Swimming Centre.[10][11] She currently trains at the Dolphin Aquatics in bengaluru under coach Nihar Ameen .
References[]
- ^ a b "Maana Patel – Swimming Federation of India". swimming.org.in. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
- ^ a b c d "Maana Patel, the 15-year-old girl who is making waves". dna. 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- ^ a b "Maana Patel becomes first Indian female swimmer to qualify for Tokyo 2020 Olympics". India Today. July 2, 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
- ^ "Swimmer Manna Patel clinches gold setting new record at 60th National School Games". The Indian Express. 2015-02-17. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
- ^ "Teenage Indian swimmer Maana Patel aims for Rio Olympics berth". mid-day. 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
- ^ "Maana's comeback from injury". epaper.timesgroup.com. 2018-08-10. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
- ^ "After six medals Maana feels she is back". mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com. 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ^ "Maana makes comeback". sportstar.thehindu.com. 2019-09-26. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
- ^ "A new generation of Gujarati athletes - Maana Patel". SBS Your Language. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
- ^ "Maana Patel, 15-year-old national swimming champion targets 2016 Rio Olympics". Zee News. 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
- ^ "Maana Patel, The Girl With A Swing!". siliconindia. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
External links[]
- Maana Patel at FINA
- Maana Patel athlete profile at 2020 Tokyo Olympics
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Indian female swimmers
- 21st-century Indian women
- 21st-century Indian people
- Sportswomen from Gujarat
- People from Ahmedabad
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers of India
- South Asian Games gold medalists for India
- South Asian Games silver medalists for India
- South Asian Games bronze medalists for India
- South Asian Games medalists in swimming
- Gujarati people