Poorva Shetye

Poorva Shetye
Personal information
Full name Poorva Shetye
Nationality Indian
Born (1993-03-12) March 12, 1993
Mumbai, India
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke

Poorva (born March 12, 1993), is a Bangalore based Indian swimmer. She is a international level swimmer in breaststroke.[1]

Career

Poorva Shetye won one gold and silver medal in her first international participation in South Asian Swimming Championship - 2006, Islamabad.[2] Thereafter she participated in many national tournaments and won 30 Gold, 22 Silver and 6 Bronze Medals. She has also participated in Youth Common Wealth Games - 2008 Pune, India and Third Asian Indoor Games, Hanoi in Vietnam. Poorva is a student of Jain University located in Bangalore.

Personal life

Poorva who was born to mother Kavita Kiran Shetye and father Kiran M Shetye in Mumbai shifted to Bangalore to pursue her swimming aspiration. At a young age, she was diagnosed with asthma. Under advice from doctors, she took swimming to improve her lung capacity.

Her role model is Rehan Poncha who is also a Jain University alumnus.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming Federation Of India". swimmingfederation.in. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  2. ↑ "Swimming Federation Of India". swimmingfederation.in. 2008-08-10. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  3. ↑ "Poorva shetye (Indian Swimmers) Alumni of Jain University". Jain University. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
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