Nina Venkatesh
{{Short description|Indian swimmer (born 2005)}}
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Nina Venkatesh (born 2005) is an Indian swimmer from Karnataka. She competes in the 50m and 100m butterfly events and is the Indian record holder in both. She represented India in swimming at the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China.{{Cite web |title=Record-breaker swimmer Nina Venkatesh is ready for Asiad |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/other/2023/jul/29/record-breaker-swimmer-nina-venkatesh-is-ready-for-asiad-2599692.html |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=The New Indian Express}}
Early life
Nina hails from Bengaluru, Karnataka. She started swimming at the a young age of four. Her elder sister started swimming training and her mother Ashwini Sukumar sent the younger sibling too. She is also encouraged by her father Prabhu Venkatesh. She is doing her schooling at Vidyashilp School and trains at the Dolphin Academy under the renowned coach Nihar Amin.{{Cite web |last=Menon, DHNS |first=Sandeep |title=Nina is setting the pool ablaze |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/other-sports/nina-is-setting-the-pool-ablaze-787432.html |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}
Career
- 2023: In July, she broke the National record in the 50m butterfly event at the Nationals in Bhubaneswar.{{Cite news |date=2022-07-20 |title=Dhinidhi, Nina sparkle |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/dhinidhi-nina-sparkle/articleshow/92993228.cms |access-date=2023-09-30 |issn=0971-8257}} She set the mark in the Girls Group I.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-19 |title=Junior National Aquatic Championships: Karnataka's Nina Venkatesh dazzles With Record In 50m Butterfly |url=https://www.news18.com/news/sports/junior-national-aquatic-championships-karnatakas-nina-venkatesh-dazzles-with-record-in-50m-butterfly-5587501.html |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=News18 |language=en}}
- 2023: In May, she also broke the women’s 100m butterfly National record by clocking 1:02.51 at the National Aquatic Championships in Hyderabad.{{Cite web |last=PTI |date=2023-07-05 |title=Swimmer Aryan Nehra shatters 4th national record; Lineysha, Nina Venkatesh also rewrite records |url=https://theprint.in/sport/swimmer-aryan-nehra-shatters-4th-national-record-lineysha-nina-venkatesh-also-rewrite-records/1656349/ |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}
- 2023: In June, she broke the 18-year-old record of 27.12 sec set by Shika Tandon by clocking 26.65 seconds in the state sub-junior, junior and senior aquatic championships.{{Cite news |date=2023-06-02 |title=Tanish and Nina emerge fastest |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/tanish-and-nina-emerge-fastest/articleshow/100691144.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-09-30 |issn=0971-8257}}
- 2017: She took part in her first Senior Nationals.
- 2014: She made her debut at the Junior Nationals.
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Category:Indian female butterfly swimmers
Category:Swimmers from Bengaluru
Category:Sportswomen from Karnataka
Category:Swimmers at the 2022 Asian Games
Category:Asian Games swimmers for India
Category:South Asian Games medalists in swimming
Category:South Asian Games silver medalists for India