Sharath Gayakwad
Sharath Gayakwad was born in Bangalore, Karnataka, India on May 10th, 1991 and is the Indian Paralympic Swimmer. At the age of 32, Sharath Gayakwad 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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Sharath Gayakwad has represented India at various national and international swimming events. He won four Gold, two Silver and two Bronze at the IWAS World Games, 2008.
He won a Bronze medal clocking 1:20.90 in the 100m breaststroke at the 2010 Asian Para Games, Guangzhou, China. The performance also enabled Sharath to qualify for the Paralympics scheduled to be held in London in 2012. He was ranked No. 13 in the world in his category in 100m Breaststroke event in this year.
He is the first Indian swimmer to achieve the qualifying time for London Paralympics, 2012. He has also won 1 Silver and 2 Bronze medals at the 2011 International Deutsche Meisterschaften (IDM) Swimming Championships in Berlin, Germany. Sharath is also the Asian record-holder in his category in two events – 50m Butterfly, 50m Breaststroke.
In 2012, GoSports Foundation sent Sharath to a high-performance training camp ahead of the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The camp was held in Perth, Australia, at the University of Western Australia,. The Chief Coach Mel Tandtrum is a gold licensed swimming coach. Benefiting from the high-performance training, Sharath clocked personal best timings in all four events at London 2012.
Struggling with shoulder injury leading up to the Asian Games in Incheon, Sharath ended up winning 6 medals. This was the highest tally of medals by an Indian at the Asian Games. This record was previously held by PT Usha who won 5 medals at the 1986 Seoul Asian Games.[1]. Sharath Gayakwad won silver in 200m Individual Medley (SM8), bronze in Men’s 100m Butterfly (S8), bronze in Men’s 100m Breaststroke (SB8), bronze in Men’s 100 Backstroke (S8) and a bronze in 50m Freestyle (S8). His 6th medal was a bronze in the Men's 4x100 Medley Relay.
Coaching career
After Sharath’s retirement from competitive swimming in 2014, he coached many state and national level swimmers from numerous swimming clubs in India. Currently, he is the program director of Zee Swim Academy, a swimming club in Bangalore.