Sajan Prakash

Sajan Prakash (golden fish)
Personal information
Full name Sajan Prakash
Nationality  India
Born (1993-09-14) September 14, 1993
Idukki, Kerala, India
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 154.324 lb (70.000 kg)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, Butterfly
Sajan Prakash
Medal record
Competitor for  India
Swimming
National Games
2014 India 100m Butterfly

Sajan Prakash (Malayalam: സാജൻ പ്രകാശ്‌) (born in Idukki, Kerala, India) is an Indian swimmer. He competed in the men's 50 m, 100 m and 200 m Freestyle swimming, butterfly and relay events at the 2015 National Olympics in Kerala. He created history on 8th February 2015 by winning 6 gold and 3 Silver medals in Indian National Games, held at Trivandrum, Kerala.[1][2] He was called as Indian Michael Phelps.

Career

National record holder in 200 Meter butterfly and 1500 Meter freestyle events.

35th India National Games, Kerala 2015

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68th India National Aquatic Championship, Kolkata 2014

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Commonwealth Games, 2014 Glasgow, Scotland

Personal Life

Sajan Prakash who hails from Vazhathoppu, Idukki District of Kerala State is working with Indian Railways, Bangalore. His mother Shantymol is an ex Indian athlete and has represented country in several international events. He has completed his graduation in computer science and pursuing MCA from Annamalai University as open course.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Amitabha Das Sharma (2014-11-13). "Sajan Prakash creates new national record". Thehindu.com. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  2. ↑ "21-year-old Sajan Prakash sets new record at 5 swimming events, bags 5 medals at National Games:IBNLive Videos". Ibnlive.in.com. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
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  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20150212083113/http://www.cinetrooth.com/2015/02/sajan-prakash-swimmer-profile-biography.html. Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)


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