Naresh Kalwaniya Explained

Naresh Kalwaniya (born 15 August 1999) is an Indian rower from Rajasthan. He is named in the Indian rowing team for the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China.^{[1] [2]} He competes in the men's eight event. He was part of the team that won the silver medal in the men's quadruple sculls at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.^{[3] [4]}

The Indian team consisted of Neeraj Maan, Naresh Kalwaniya, Neetish Kumar, Charanjeet Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Punit Kumar and Ashish Guliyan. Dhananjay Pande was the coxswain of the team. All the Indian team members are from the Indian Army and have trained at the Army Rowing Node facility in Pune for over a year.

Early life

Naresh hails from a farmers family in Amarsar town, Jaipur district, Rajasthan. To support the family he joined Army. The rifleman did well in the first two years in the domestic events and got selected for the Asian team.^[5]

Career

• 2023: Silver medal at the Men's eight at the 2022 Asian Games.^[6]
• 2023: Men's coxed four in the Rowing World Cup, Zagreb.^[7]

References

1. Web site: Sportstar . Team . 2023-09-19 . India Rowing squad for Asian Games 2022: Squad, team news, performance before Hangzhou . 2023-10-01 . Sportstar . en.
2. News: Subrahmanyam . V. V. . 2023-07-03 . Asian Games . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-10-01 . 0971-751X.
3. Web site: Hangzhou Asian Games: Indian athlete Punit Kumar bags silver medal in men's coxed eight event Sports - Times of India Videos . 2023-10-01 . The Times of India . en.
4. Web site: ANI . 2023-09-24 . "Achieved everything we had worked hard for": Indian Rower Punit Kumar after winning silver in Men's Coxed Eight . 2023-10-01 . www.aninews.in.
5. Web site: 2023-09-24 . Asian Games: Meet the Family of Eight rowers that opened India's medal account . 2023-10-01 . The Indian Express . en.
6. News: ANI . 2023-09-24 . Hangzhou Asian Games Indian rowers clinch silver medal in Men's Coxed Eight Team event . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-10-01 . 0971-751X.
7. Web site: Rowing KALWANIYA Naresh - The 19th Asian Games . 2023-10-01 . info.hangzhou2022.cn.

External links

Asian Games - Naresh Kalwaniya