Dhinidhi Desinghu

Dhinidhi Desinghu (17 May 2010) is an Indian swimmer from Karnataka.[1] She specialises in 200m freestyle. She also competes in 100m freestyle and 200m individual medley. She qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics at Paris in the women's 200m freestyle event as she received a Universality Quota place.[2][3][4] She will be India's youngest athlete at Paris.[5][3] She was also the youngest Indian athlete at the 2022 Asian Games.[5]

Early life and education

Desinghu is from Bangalore. She is studying Class 9 at Kendriya Vidyalaya DRDO, CV Raman Nagar, Bengaluru.[6][5]

Career

Desinghu started swimming as a leisure activity in 2018. Soon, she was spotted and took to competitive swimming. She trains under coach B. M. Madhu Kumar of Dolphin Aquatics. She was in limelight in 2023, setting a national record at the Junior and Sub-Junior National Aquatic Championship in 100m freestyle, and went on to get two more records in 200m freestyle and 200m individual medley. She also won seven gold medals at the National Games in Goa and took part in the World Championships at Doha.[5] In 2024, she also won gold at the Karnataka Mini Olympics and Karnataka Junior and Sub-Junior Aquatic Championship.[6]

In July 2023, she won a gold at the 76th Senior National Aquatic Championships in women's 200m freestyle. She also won a gold at the 54th Singapore National Age Group in 200m freestyle in March 2024.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Dhinidhi DESINGHU | Profile | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
  2. ^ Sportstar, Team (2024-06-26). "Paris 2024: Srihari Nataraj and Dhinidhi Desinghu selected to represent India via Universality Quota". Sportstar. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
  3. ^ a b "At age of 14, swimmer Dhinidhi Desinghu to be India's youngest athlete at Paris Olympics 2024 - CNBC TV18". CNBCTV18. 2024-06-26. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
  4. ^ IANS (2024-06-26). "Paris Olympics: 14-Year-Old Dhinidhi & Srihari Will Represent India in Swimming". TheQuint. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
  5. ^ a b c d "Teen Dhinidhi for Olympics". The Times of India. 2024-06-27. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
  6. ^ a b Pranav, R. (2022-07-29). "Dhinidhi Desinghu: Bengaluru's little swimming champ". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-06-28.