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Vishnu Saravanan

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Vishnu Saravanan
Training at Malta before Tokyo Olympics
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (1999-02-24) 24 February 1999 (age 25)[1]
Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sailing career
ClassLaser Standard
ClubArmy Yachting Node Mumbai
CoachAlexandr Denisuic
Medal record
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Men's dinghy ILCA7

Vishnu Saravanan (born 24 February 1999) is an Indian sailor. He qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games.[2][3][4] He is the first Indian sailor to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics. He finished 26th out of 152 sailors from 52 countries in the ILCA7 world championships at Adelaide to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris.[5][6]

Early life

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Saravanan is from Vellore, Tamil Nadu but is based in Mumbai. He is a subedar in the Indian Army. He trains at the Army Yachting Node in Mumbai.[5] His father, Ramachandran Saravanan, was a national sailor and his sister, Ramya Saravanan, also represented India in the sailing events abroad.[7]

Career

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In 2019, Saravanan won a bronze medal at the Under-21 World Championships in Croatia, which was his first notable achievement. He won the bronze medal at the Men's dinghy ILCA7 event in the 2022 Asian Games.[8] He became the second Indian sailor to qualify for more than one Olympics after Farokh Tarapore, who took part in the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Olympics.[6] The sailing quota place he earned, is for the country, and the National Olympic Committee is likely to nominate him.[6] He spent a month training for the Olympics at Marseille.[9] He is training under Croatian coach Milan Vujasinovic. He was lucky to have had training partners in Pavlos Kontides of Cyprus, a silver medallist at 2012 London and Tonci Stipanovic of Croatia, a silver medallist at Rio and Tokyo at Marseille.[9][10] They will also be some of his tough rivals at Paris. "The fighter mentality makes me want to beat the top guys before they quit,” Saravanan was quoted in the Hindustan Times on 11 June 2024.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Sailing: SARAVANAN Vishnu". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Vishnu Saravanan, The Young Army Sailor Who Is Creating Waves". Outlook. 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Vishnu, Ganapathy-Varun pair qualify for Olympics; unprecedented 4 Indian sailors to compete in Tokyo". The Times of India. 8 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Financing costly sport, training hassles worth it for Olympic entry: Sailors' parents". NewsMinute. 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Vishnu Saravanan creates history, becomes first Indian sailor to qualify for consecutive Olympics". The Times of India. 31 January 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  6. ^ a b c Sportstar, Team (31 January 2024). "Vishnu Saravanan qualifies for 2024 Paris Olympics in sailing". Sportstar. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Vishnu Saravanan follows in his father's footsteps, wins ICLA 7 medal at Asian Games". The Indian Express. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Asian Games 2023: Vishnu Saravanan wins bronze in ILCA 7 event in sailing". India Today. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  9. ^ a b c https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/others/olympics-sailor-vishnu-saravanan-chases-high-winds-in-paris-101718129531881.html
  10. ^ Mangale, Kalyani (13 June 2024). "Conditions will be biggest challenge in Olympics: Sailor Vishnu Saravanan". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
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