Sajan Prakash
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| Personal information | |
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| Born | 14 September 1993 |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle, Butterfly, Medley |
| Coach | Pradeep Kumar |
Sajan Prakash (born 14 September 1993) is an Indian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, butterfly and medley events. He represented India at the 2016 Rio Olympics and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 200 m butterfly event. He is the Indian national record holder in 200 m butterfly event with a time of 1:56.38.[1] Sajan is currently training with Aqua Nation Sports Academy based in Dubai.
Sajan Prakash hails from Idukki district of Kerala. He was raised in Neyveli, Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu. His mother V.J.Shantymol is also a former athlete and has represented India in several national and international events. He started training at the Neyveli Lignite City Swimming Club, Neyveli, Tamil Nadu. He did his schooling in St. Paul's Matriculation Higher Secondary School, NLC Boys Higher Secondary School, Jawahar Higher Secondary School, Neyveli, Tamil Nadu. He completed his graduation in computer applications from Annamalai University, Chidambaram.[2] He later joined the Kerala Police as a Commanding Officer. A pool, named after him, was opened in Neyveli.
Career
In the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome, Sajan Prakash makes history as he became the first Indian swimmer, where he breached the Olympic qualification by just 10 milliseconds in the 200m butterfly event.[3]
He won the gold medal in the men's 200m butterfly event at the FINA-accredited Olympic Qualifying event.[3]
National Games
Medal record
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Olympics
Sajan finished at 28th position in the 200m butterfly event at the 2016 Rio Olympics.[4]
Sajan finished at 24th position in the 200m butterfly event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[5]
Sajan finished at 46th position in the 100m butterfly event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with a timing of 53:45.[6]
Asian Games
At the 2018 Asian Games, Prakash participated in 100m and 200m butterfly, 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay, and 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay. Prakash finished at 5th position in 200m Butterfly clocking timing of 1:57.75 and in the 4 × 100 m Freestyle relay, he finished at 8th position in the finals.[7][8]
Commonwealth Games
Prakash finished 8th in the finals of the 200m butterfly event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[9]
