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Nationality | India |
Born | Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, India | 10 February 1993
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Country | India |
Sport | Canoe |
Namita Chandel (born 10 February 1993 in Seoni) is an Indian canoeist, who won four gold medals at the National Canoe Sprint Championship in 2016 [1] and one in 2017. [2] She represented India at the 2022 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships, where she was part of a bronze-winning team in the C-4 200m discipline. [3]
Namita Chandel is from Chhapara, [1] a small village in Madhya Pradesh, who regularly had to cross a river to attend school. [4] She enrolled in the Madhya Pradesh water sports academy, whose only admission criterion was that the applicants know swimming, in 2011. [1]
Namita initially trained for kayaking but later switched to canoeing. [1] She represented India in the 2014 Asian Games. She won her first international medal at the Asian Canoe Sprint and Dragon Boat Championship in Indonesia in 2015. [4]
Personal information | |
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Nationality | India |
Born | Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, India | 10 February 1993
Sport | |
Country | India |
Sport | Canoe |
Namita Chandel (born 10 February 1993 in Seoni) is an Indian canoeist, who won four gold medals at the National Canoe Sprint Championship in 2016 [1] and one in 2017. [2] She represented India at the 2022 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships, where she was part of a bronze-winning team in the C-4 200m discipline. [3]
Namita Chandel is from Chhapara, [1] a small village in Madhya Pradesh, who regularly had to cross a river to attend school. [4] She enrolled in the Madhya Pradesh water sports academy, whose only admission criterion was that the applicants know swimming, in 2011. [1]
Namita initially trained for kayaking but later switched to canoeing. [1] She represented India in the 2014 Asian Games. She won her first international medal at the Asian Canoe Sprint and Dragon Boat Championship in Indonesia in 2015. [4]