Maana Patel (born 18 March 2000) is an Indian

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swimmer from

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Swimming career

Maana Patel started swimming when she was seven. Manna Patel, the first Indian female swimmer who qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, will compete in the women's 100m backstroke event. The 21-year-old swimmer suffered an ankle injury in 2019 and only made a comeback in early 2021. When she was 13, she clocked 2:23.41s in the 200m backstroke at 40th Junior National Aquatics Championship in

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breaking the national record of 2:26.41s held by

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at the Asian Age Group Championship in Tokyo in August 2009. Maana has won gold medals in 50 backstroke and 200 metre backstroke also at the National Games. Maana has also won a gold medal in the 100 metre backstroke at the 60th National School Games (2015) breaking the national record in backstroke. She was selected for the

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in 2015. She had won the silvers in 50 metre, 100 metre and 200 metre backstroke; bronze in 50 metre free style; gold in 4×100 metre freestyle relay; 4×100 metre medley relay at the 12th South Asian Games (2016). Maana won 3 gold medals at the 72nd Senior National Aquatic Championships-2018. Maana won six medals (1 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze) at the 10th Asian Age-group Championships-2019 which was held in Bangalore. As of October 2021, she has won 32 international, 99 national medals with 31 national records.

Personal life

She studied commerce at the Udgam School for Children,

. She was coached by Kamlesh Nanavati at the

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Swimming Centre.

References

External links

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athlete profile at

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