Brojen Das Swimming pool is Bangladesh's first swimming sports organizing and training

swimming pool A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, paddling pool, or simply pool, is a structure designed to hold water to enable Human swimming, swimming and associated activities. Pools can be built into the ground (in-ground pools) or built abo ...

. Built in the 1970s, the sports facility belongs to the

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Complex in Paltan, Dhaka. It is one of the three swimming pools located in

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. Its was posthumously named after

Ivy Rahman Ivy Rahman (; ; 7 July 1934 – 24 August 2004) was a Bangladeshi politician. She was the Women's Affairs secretary of Awami League. She was injured and later died following the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack. Career Rahman was the founding organizi ...

. Renamed again on 23rd March, 2025 after

Brojen Das Brojen Das (; 9 December 1927 – 1 June 1998) was a Bangladeshi (East Pakistan) swimmer, who was the first Asian to swim across the English Channel, and the first person to cross it six times. Early life and education Brojen was born in th ...

legacy, who crossed

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six times. It is affiliated to the

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, like the official venues for all swimming sports events in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Swimming Federation maintains the pool.

Events

Ivy Rahman Swimming Pool is the venue for various swimming competitions. Bangladesh Swimming Federation conducts swimming training workshops here. The pool is also used for training by private enterprises.

Structure

It is an open-air swimming pool with 8 lanes. On both sides of the pool there are 5 tiered galleries with a capacity of thousands of visitors.

References

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