Nayana Shakya
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Nayana Shakya |
| National team |
 Nepal |
| Born |
10 May 1982 Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Breaststroke |
Nayana Shakya (Nepali: नयना शाक्य) (born May 10, 1982) is a Nepalese former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] Shakya qualified for the women's 100 m breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 1:34.99.[2] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat one, including Bolivia's Katerine Moreno, who competed at her third Olympics since 1988. She posted a lifetime best of 1:32.92 to edge out Rwanda's Pamela Girimbabazi for a seventh seed by nearly 18 seconds. Shakya failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed forty-seventh overall in the preliminaries.[3][4]
She was also a member of the Nepal basketball team until 2014.[5][6]
References
- ↑ "Nayana Shakya". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- ↑ "Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ Thomas, Stephen (15 August 2004). "Women’s 100 Breaststroke Prelims: Aussies Hanson and Jones Qualify One-Two". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ↑ "Shakya retires". The Kathmandu Post. 13 December 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ↑ "Nayana Shakya retires from swimming". República. 8 September 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
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