Namita Chandel Explained

Namita Chandel
Birth Date:10 February 1993
Birth Place:Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, India
Country:India
Sport:Canoe

Namita Chandel (born 10 February 1993 in Seoni) is an Indian canoeist, who won four gold medals at the National Canoe Sprint Championship in 2016[1] and one in 2017.[2] She represented India at the 2022 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships, where she was part of a bronze-winning team in the C-4 200m discipline.[3]

Early life

Namita Chandel is from Chhapara, a small village in Madhya Pradesh, who regularly had to cross a river to attend school.[4] She enrolled in the Madhya Pradesh water sports academy, whose only admission criterion was that the applicants know swimming, in 2011.

Career

Namita initially trained for kayaking but later switched to canoeing. She represented India in the 2014 Asian Games. She won her first international medal at the Asian Canoe Sprint and Dragon Boat Championship in Indonesia in 2015.

Achievements

Notes and References

  1. News: Ramendra . Singh . From small town girl to India’s best canoeist . . 14 January 2016 . 30 June 2022.
  2. News: Litha . Thampy. MP players clinch 6 gold medals on 4th day . Times of India . 12 January 2017 . 30 June 2022.
  3. News: Namita makes Seoni proud by winning bronze in Asian C’ship . The Hitavada . 29 March 2022 . 30 June 2022.
  4. News: Abhijit . Nair . Crossed river to go to school, Namita Chandel now India's canoeing star . The Bridge . 8 November 2020 . 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.

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