Kaveri Dimar Explained

Kaveri Dimar (also spelled Kaveri Dhimar) is an Indian canoeist, who won a bronze medal at the 2022 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships.^[1]

Early life

Dimar was born in a fisherman's family in Mandi village, Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, the fifth of nine siblings. As she grew up, she would accompany her father and elder sisters when they went fishing.^[2] The Khandwa district Sports Officer, Joseph Baxla, spotted her talent as a promising swimmer in 2016, and she was admitted to the Madhya Pradesh Water Sports Academy in 2017. She later turned to canoeing as a sport.^[3] She studies at the Lovely Professional University.^[4]

Career

Dimar has won 15 gold, two silver and a bronze across various solo and team events in India's National Canoe Championships over the period 2020–2022. She teamed up with Namita Chandel, Anjali Bashishth and Shivani Verma to win the bronze medal in the C-4 200m event at the 2022 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships in Rayong.

Achievements

• 3 x gold medals, C-4 (1000m, 200m) and C-2 (500m) events, National Canoe Sprint Championship, Bhopal, 2020^[5]
• 7 x gold medals, C-4 (200m), C-2 (1000m, 500m, 200m) and C-1 (5000m, 1000m, 500m), National Canoe Sprint Championship, Bilaspur, 2021^[6]
• 5 x gold medals, C-4 (500m), C-2 (1000m), C-1 (5000m, 1000m, 500m); 2 x Silver medals - C-2 (200m, 200m Mixed); Bronze medal – C-4 (200m), National Canoe Sprint Championship, Bhopal, 2022^[7]
• Bronze medal, C-4 (200m), Asian Canoe Sprint Championships, Rayong, 2022.

Notes and References

1. News: Ramendra . Singh . MP rower Kaveri Dhimar wins bronze in Asian championship . . 27 March 2022 . 3 July 2022.
2. News: Abhijit . Nair . Daughter of a fisherman, Kaveri Dhimar wins 7 gold medals at Senior National Canoeing Championships . The Bridge . 14 November 2021 . 3 July 2022.
3. News: Anuraag . Singh . Boat to canoe, MP fisherman’s daughter living her Olympic dream . . 11 January 2021 . 3 July 2022.
4. Web site: LPU Students won 12 Medals in National Canoeing Championship . Raunak . Raj . 11 November 2021 . . 3 July 2022.
5. Web site: 30th National Kayaking and Canoeing Sprint Senior Men and Women Championship. . 16 January 2020 . Indian Kayaking and Canoeing Association . 3 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220703072332/https://www.ikca.in/30th_women_final_results_.pdf . 3 July 2022.
6. Web site: 31st National Kayaking and Canoeing Sprint Senior Men and Women Championship. . 27 October 2021 . Indian Kayaking and Canoeing Association . 3 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220703073834/https://www.ikca.in/Result_-_31st_National_Canoe_Sprint_Senior_Men_&_Women_Championship_24-27_October_2021_at_Bilaspur_Himachal_Pradesh.pdf . 3 July 2022.
7. Web site: 32nd National Kayaking and Canoeing Sprint Senior Men and Women Championship. . 13 March 2022 . Indian Kayaking and Canoeing Association . 3 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220703074608/https://www.ikca.in/32nd_Canoe_Sprint_Result_.pdf . 3 July 2022.