Gagan Ullalmath
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| Full name | Adaveeshaiah Puttaveeraswamy Gagan Ullalmath | ||||||||||||||
| National team |  India | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 January 1992 Bangalore, India | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
| Club | BSRC Mathikere, Bangalore | ||||||||||||||
| College team | Jain University, Bangalore | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Pradeep Kumar | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Adaveeshaiah Puttaveeraswamy Gagan Ullalmath (Kannada: ಗಗನ್ ಉಳ್ಳಾಲಮಠ, born 8 January 1992), popularly known as Gagan Ullalmath, is an Indian swimmer. He was the only swimmer to represent India in the 2012 London Olympics.[1][2] He finished 7th in heat 1 of 1500 m freestyle event with a time of 16:31:14 and was eventually knocked out at last position 31st.
Ullalmath was given a position to swim in the Olympics due to a universality quota, despite not reaching a qualifying standard.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Olympics a platform to do well in Asian Games: Gagan Ullalmath". The Indian Express. 22 July 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ Olympics 2012 Profile Archived 2012-07-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Swimmer Gagan makes London cut thanks to Universality quota". Mid-Day. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
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