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Shivani Kataria (born 27 September 1997) is an Indian
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. She competes in the women's 200m freestyle. She represented India at
2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...
. She has also won many medals at South Asian Games and Asian Age Group Championship .


Early life

Shivani was born in
Haryana Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out after the linguistic reorganisation of Punjab, India, Punjab on 1 November 1966. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with les ...
, and raised in
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where she attended DAV Public School. She started swimming at 6 at a summer camp at Baba Gang Nath Swimming Centre near her house. Her parents were supportive. She started competing in district level events under her first coach Mr. Yadav and won the bronze medal at CBSE nationals in Gujarat. In 2012, she decided to become a professional swimmer and started swimming two hours in the morning and two in the evening along with an hour of core exercises during the day. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in History from
Hansraj College Hansraj College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi, in Delhi, India. Established in 1948 and situated in the Delhi University North Campus, it is considered as one of the best colleges in India having produced a large and not ...
, Delhi.


Career

Shivani finished sixth in the 200m freestyle at the 2013 Asian Youth Championships and won a gold medal at the
2016 South Asian Games The 2016 South Asian Games, officially the XII South Asian Games, is a major multi-sport event which took place from 5 February to 16 February 2016 in Guwahati and Shillong, India. A total of 2,672 athletes competed in 226 events over 22 sports ...
. In 2015, she trained for a year at the FINA camp at Thyanpura in
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,
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, where she swam three times a day. She clocked 2:04:00 in that camp and was closest to a time slot level, called the B Cut.


2016 Summer Olympics

Shivani was selected as India's wildcard entry for the Rio Olympics by the Swimming Federation of India (SFI), making her the first Indian women to swim in the Summer Olympics since 2004 in Athens. She competed at the
2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...
in the women's 200 metre freestyle event; her time of 2:09.30 in the heats did not qualify her for the semifinals. She holds most of India's national records. Shivani sees the 2016 Olympics qualification more as a learning curve which will strengthen her chances in the 2020 Olympic.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kataria, Shivani 1997 births Living people Indian female swimmers Olympic swimmers for India Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics 21st-century Indian women 21st-century Indian people Sportswomen from Haryana Swimmers from Haryana South Asian Games gold medalists for India South Asian Games silver medalists for India South Asian Games bronze medalists for India South Asian Games medalists in swimming Hansraj College alumni