7 Best Indian Swimmers List of All Time

Swimming is one of the five unique games in the Olympics, being a part of the equivalent since its beginning in 1896. Proficient swimmers have incredible reverence on the planet because of their remarkable capacities. To the extent the Olympics are concerned, the USA is a long way in front of the various nations, having won 256 golds consolidating every one of the classifications. Actually, the best Olympian ever, Michael Phelps is additionally an American who has won 28 Olympic awards in his 5 Olympics appearances.

The man was actually superhuman in his capacity to lead the pack on turns with expanded submerged dolphins. Everybody has heard the name, if not watched him swim in any event once throughout everyday life. Be that as it may, the music stops when we talk about our country's presentation in the game. It isn't that Indians have not performed at the greatest stages, yet the way that we are ignorant of the Indian swimmers carries coerce alongside the disgrace.

The Swimming Federation of India is the administering body liable for organization and advancement of swimming in India. Here are probably the best Indian swimmers ever who gave everything they had for the country.

1. Shamsher Khan

We will begin the rundown with one of the best Indian swimmers ever, Shamsher Khan, conceived in 1933. He is the main Indian Swimmer in the Olympics, accomplishing the accomplishment in the 1956 Summer Olympics. This shocked no one after he made a national record in the 200-meter butterfly occasion in 1954. Additionally in the year 1955, Shamsher turned into the first to break the then existing national record at the national meet in Bangalore. An individual from the Indian National Army, Shamsher additionally took an interest in the 1962 Indo-China war and 1971 Indo-Pak war. Khan before long resigned in 1973 after the entirety of his accomplishments in both armed forces and swimming. The legend kicked the bucket on 15 October 2017.

2. Arati Saha

Another extraordinary swimmer of early India, Arti Saha was a long-separation swimmer. Conceived in British Indian West Bengal's capital city of Calcutta in September 1940, she began swimming at the youthful age of four. In 1959, Saha turned into the principal Asian lady to swim over the English Channel. This came in the wake of getting enlivened from Indian swimmer Mihir Sen who went shy of karma in doing likewise. She is likewise the main Indian female competitor to be consulted with the Padma Shri Award in 1960. The unbelievable ladies left the world on 23 August 1994.

3. Bhakti Sharma

Conceived on 30 November 1989, Bhakti Sharma is an Indian Open water swimmer. She is the most youthful lady at any point to establish a precedent in open swimming in the Antarctic waters. Likewise making her the main Asian ladies to accomplish the accomplishment. Sharma swam 2.3 km in 41mins 14secs in solidifying water at a temperature of 1°C. Bhakti has effectively broken the record of Lynne Cox (USA) and Lewis Pugh (Great Britain), in the wake of swimming in all the five seas of the world. Aside from the five seas, she has likewise swum in the eight different channels and oceans. Inferable from her uncommon accomplishments, Bhakti is likewise a beneficiary of the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award.

 
4. Virdhawal Khade

Viradhawal Khade is likely the best known current Indian Swimmer. Hailing from Kolhapur, Maharashtra, Virdhawal is an Arjuna Awardee of 2011. He spoke to India in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, contending in the men's 50m, 100m, and 200m free-form swimming occasions. Despite the fact that he did his best setting another Indian national record in the 100 m Freestyle, Khade couldn't fit the bill for the further adjusts. In 2010, India won the first Olympic decoration in quite a while, because of Virdhawal's bronze in the 50m butterfly class.

5. Shikha Tandon

Hailing from Bengaluru, Shikha Tandon is a hero swimmer conceived on 20 January 1985. Tandon has upwards of 146 national honors and 36 global designs in overall competitions to her name including 5 gold awards. Shikha is likewise the principal Indian swimmer to meet all requirements for two separate occasions in the Olympic challenge. She contended in both the 50m just as 100m free-form at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Truth be told, the Arjuna Awardee is additionally the principal lady to hold 7 national records one after another. Aside from swimming, Tandon finished her double graduate degree in Biology and Biotechnology from Case Western Reserve University, Ohio in the wake of finishing her lone rangers from Bangalore University. She is currently the Science Program Lead at US Anti-doping Agency (USADA) in Colorado Springs, USA.

6. Sandeep Sejwal

Sandeep Sejwal is the National Record-holder in the 50 m, 100 m and 200 m Breaststroke occasions. Conceived on 23 January 1989, the 30-year-old won silver awards at the Asian Indoor Games in 2007 in the 50 m just as the 100 m Breaststroke occasions. Sandeep was likewise a piece of the Indian squad in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke occasions at the 2010 Asian Juniors. Despite the fact that he neglected to get to the finals on both occasions, Sejwal brought the country glad in the wake of guaranteeing the Bronze decoration in the 50 Breaststroke in the 2014 Asian Games.

7. Sajan Prakash

Sajan Prakash is broadly known as the 'Michael Phelps' of India. Conceived on 14 September 1993, he spoke to India at the 2016 Rio Olympics in the 200m butterfly race. This came after Prakash overpowered everybody winning 6 gold and 3 Silver awards at the 2015 National Games in Kerala. The 26-year old has likewise won 1 gold, 2 silver, and 3 bronze in the Asian Age Group at Tashkent in 2017. He is now preparing with the Railways group in Bengaluru.