Taranath Narayan Shenoy
{{short description|Indian swimmer}}
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| birth_place = Maharashtra, India
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| occupation = Swimmer
| yearsactive = Since 1983
| known for = Marathon swimming
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| awards = Padma Shri
International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
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Arjuna Award
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Taranath Narayan Shenoy, is a deaf and visually impaired Indian swimmer{{cite web | url=http://archive.mid-day.com/news/2007/jul/196563.htm | title=State's SSC sports topper overshoots | publisher=Mid Day | date=8 July 2007 | access-date=27 September 2015}} and an honoree of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.{{cite web | url=http://dailynews.openwaterswimming.com/2014/10/more-indian-history-in-open-water.html | title=More Indian History In The Open Water | work=Daily News | date=31 October 2014 | access-date=27 September 2015}} He is a winner of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, having successfully completed the English Channel, Catalina Channel and the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim.{{cite web | url=http://www.triplecrownofopenwaterswimming.com/2010/08/triple-crown-of-open-water-swimming.html | title=Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming List | publisher=Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming | date=2015 | access-date=27 September 2015}} The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri in 1990.{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}
Biography
Shenoy was born deaf and his vision was impaired to the level of legal blindness at birth.{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/Shenoy-continues-to-make-a-splash/articleshow/11761086.cms | title=Shenoy continues to make a splash | publisher=Times of India | date=5 February 2012 | access-date=28 September 2015}} He took to swimming at an early age and attempted to swim across the English Channel at the age of 23 but was denied permission as he was underweight and had high blood pressure. He went back the next year and completed the task, followed by a swim across the Strait of Gibraltar, becoming the first deaf person to swim across the two open waters. He crossed the English Channel thrice, between 1983 and 1985, twice from England to France and once from France to England. In 1987, he crossed the Catalina Channel and accomplished the Manhattan Island, Marathon Swim, twice, in 1987 and 1989. He has so far covered 4 of the Oceans Seven channels{{cite web | url=http://www.tsugaruchannelswimming.com/2015/08/guy-does-moar-than-enough-across.html | title=Guy Does Moar Than Enough Across The Tsugaru Channel | publisher=Tsugaru Channel Swimming | date=22 August 2015 | access-date=28 September 2015}} and has swum across the Palk Strait, Suez Canal and Nile River, Manhattan Island, Catalina Channel and Atlantic Ocean, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Strait of Dardanelles and the Cook Strait. He works as a swimming coach and an organizer of the National Deaf Swimming Championships while coaching his son, Ankul Shenoy, who is an aspiring swimmer.
Awards and honours
Shenoy won the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming from the World Open Water Swimming Association when he completed his efforts across the English Channel, Catalina Channel, and the Manhattan Island. He received the Shiv Chhatrapati Award from the Government of Maharashtra in 1983. In 1987, he was inducted into the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.{{cite web | url=http://www.imshof.org/imshof-name.html | title=International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame | publisher=International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame | date=2015 | access-date=28 September 2015}} The Government of India honoured him with the Arjuna Award the same year, and followed it up by including him in the Republic Day honours list for the civilian award of the Padma Shri in 1990. He is also a recipient of the Van Audenaerde Special Award from the English Channel Swimming Association.
See also
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References
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External links
- {{cite web | url=http://openwaterpedia.com/index.php?title=Tanarath_Narayan_Shenoy | title=Tanarath Narayan Shenoy | publisher=Open Water Pedia | work=Profile | date=2015 | access-date=28 September 2015}}
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Category:English Channel swimmers