Kushagra Rawat

{{Short description|Indian swimmer (born 2000)}}

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{{MedalCompetition|South Asian Games}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Kathmandu|400m freestyle}}

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Kushagra Rawat (born 16 February 2000) is an Indian swimmer.{{cite web|url=https://scroll.in/field/919275/swimming-kushagra-rawat-one-step-closer-to-qualifying-for-olympics-and-world-championships |title=Swimming: Kushagra Rawat one step closer to qualifying for Olympics and World Championships |work=Scroll India |access-date=21 July 2019}} He competed in the men's 400 metre freestyle at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships and he did not qualify to compete in the final.{{cite web |url=http://omegatiming.com/File/00011301070101EF01FFFFFFFFFFFF00.pdf |title=18th FINA World Championships 2019: Men's 400m Freestyle start list |work=FINA |access-date=21 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720085930/http://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070101EF01FFFFFFFFFFFF00.pdf |archive-date=20 July 2019 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|title=Swimming Results Book|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001130107FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF22.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925092754/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001130107FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF22.pdf|archive-date=25 September 2019|access-date=6 August 2020|website=2019 World Aquatics Championships}}

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in the summer in Birmingham, England, Rawat placed fourteenth in the 400 metre freestyle with a time of 3:57.45.[https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-07-29/SWMM400MFR------------HEAT--------__C74A_1.0.pdf "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 400m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"]. Longines. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022. In the 200 metre freestyle the following day, he placed eighth in heat three, and 25th overall, with a time of 1:54.56.[https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-07-30/SWMM200MFR------------HEAT--------__C74A_1.0.pdf "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 200m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"]. Longines. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.[https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/others/kushagra-rawat-finishes-last-in-mens-200m-freestyle-event-in-cwg-202220220730183352/ "Kushagra Rawat finishes last in men's 200m freestyle event in CWG 2022"]. Asian News International. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022. Three days later, he ranked eighth in the preliminaries of the 1500 metre freestyle with a time of 15:47.77 and qualified for the final.[https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/commonwealth-games-2022/story/swimming-at-cwg-2022-advait-page-kushagra-rawat-qualify-for-final-srihari-nataraj-sets-national-record-1982937-2022-08-02 "Swimming at CWG 2022: Advait Page, Kushagra Rawat qualify for final, Srihari Nataraj sets national record"]. India Today. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.[https://www.timesnownews.com/sports/indian-swimmers-advait-page-kushagra-rawat-qualify-for-mens-1500m-freestyle-final-at-commonwealth-games-2022-article-93303329 "Indian swimmers Advait Page, Kushagra Rawat qualify for men's 1500m freestyle final at Commonwealth games 2022"]. Times Now. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022. He placed eighth in the final, finishing in a time of 15:42.67.[https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-08-03/SWMM1500MFR-----------FNL---------__C74A_1.0.pdf "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 1500m Freestyle Final Results"]. Longines. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.