Niranjan Mukundan
Niranjan Mukundan was born in Bangalore, Karnataka, India on September 4th, 1994 and is the Indian Swimmer. At the age of 29, Niranjan Mukundan biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Niranjan claimed the silver medal twice in 50m butterfly at the Paralympic nationals in Mumbai, 2004–2005 and Kolkata, 2005–2006. At the state aquatic championships in Bangalore he won silver medal in 2007 and bronze in 2009 in water polo.
2012 was a fruitful year for Niranjan, at the national swimming championship in Chennai, he won three gold medals, one silver in swimming and one bronze in water polo. Niranjan won his first international medal, a bronze in 200m freestyle at the IDM German Swimming Championship in Berlin.
In 2013 he won more international medals at the IWAS World Junior Games in Puerto Rico, clinching two silver in 100m freestyle and butterfly along with two bronze medals in 100m backstroke and 50m freestyle. He soon became world number 17. At the 13th para national swimming championship in Bangalore, he won one gold, a silver and two bronze medals.
At the 2014 IWAS World Junior Games in Stoke Mandeville, U.K. Niranjan won a whopping eight medals, three gold, two silver and three bronze.
On 1 November 2015, he won the state's prestigious Kannada Rajyotsava Prashasti. He also received the National Award (best sportsman with disability) for his exceptional achievement in the field of sports, at Vigyan Bhavan, Delhi. He won 10 medals (7 gold and 3 silver) in the World Junior Games held at Stadskanaal, Netherlands and was also crowned as the Junior World Champion.
At the 2016 IWAS Junior World Games in Prague, Czech Republic, Niranjan won eight more medals, also three gold, two silver and three bronze. He was honoured to have delivered the athletes' oath in front of his fellow competitors.
- 2016 – Ekalavya Award
- 2015 – National Award for Best Sports-person of the Year by Government of India
- 2015 – Achiever's Award from Dr. Chenraj Roychand, founding chairman, The JGI Group