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Full name | Nayana Shakya |
National team | ![]() |
Born | Kathmandu, Nepal | 10 May 1982
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Breaststroke |
Nayana Shakya ( Nepali: नयना शाक्य) (born May 10, 1982) is a Nepalese former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. [1] Shakya qualified for the women's 100 m breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 1:34.99. [2] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat one, including Bolivia's Katerine Moreno, who competed at her third Olympics since 1988. She posted a lifetime best of 1:32.92 to edge out Rwanda's Pamela Girimbabazi for a seventh seed by nearly 18 seconds. Shakya failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed forty-seventh overall in the preliminaries. [3] [4]
She was also a member of the Nepal basketball team until 2014. [5] [6]
Personal information | |
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Full name | Nayana Shakya |
National team | ![]() |
Born | Kathmandu, Nepal | 10 May 1982
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Breaststroke |
Nayana Shakya ( Nepali: नयना शाक्य) (born May 10, 1982) is a Nepalese former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. [1] Shakya qualified for the women's 100 m breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 1:34.99. [2] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat one, including Bolivia's Katerine Moreno, who competed at her third Olympics since 1988. She posted a lifetime best of 1:32.92 to edge out Rwanda's Pamela Girimbabazi for a seventh seed by nearly 18 seconds. Shakya failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed forty-seventh overall in the preliminaries. [3] [4]
She was also a member of the Nepal basketball team until 2014. [5] [6]