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Vandita Dhariyal

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Vandita Dhariyal
Personal information
National team India
BornAhmedabad, Gujarat. India
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  India
South Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Dhaka 100 m butterfly

Vandita Dhariyal is an Indian butterfly stroke swimmer.

Career

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Vandita had participated in various swimming competitions in the 2009 World Aquatics Championships as well as in short course swimming at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games. She won the silver in the 100 metre butterfly swimming at the 2010 South Asian Games.[1]

In 2017, she became the first woman from Gujarat state to swim the English Channel.[2][3]

Personal life

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She is from Ahmedabad, Gujarat. She was coached by Kamlesh Nanavati. She graduated from the Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi. She is pursuing Psychology Major from the London School of Economics.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Records roll in the pool". The Daily Star. 7 February 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b "'There is a sense of contentment' - Ahmedabad Mirror". Ahmedabad Mirror. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  3. ^ a b "#ByeBye2017 : ગુજરાતની આ સાત મહિલાઓ રહી ચર્ચામાં". BBC Gujarati (in Gujarati).