Poorva Shetye

Poorva Shetye

Personal information
Full name	Poorva Kiran Shetye
Nationality	Indian
Born	(1993-03-12) March 12, 1993 Mumbai, India
Height	5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Medal record International Medals: Gold - 01 Silver - 01 National Medals: Gold - 51 Silver - 31 Bronze - 13

Poorva Kiran Shetye (Marathi: पूर्वा शेट्ये; born March 12, 1993), is an Indian International Swimmer, who is specialized in 50 m, 100 m and 200 m breaststroke.^[1] Poorva still holds the National Record at the National Games for 50 m Breast Stroke.^[2]

Poorva was awarded Shiv Chatrapati Award in 2008 by the Chief Minister, Prithviraj Chavan.^[3]

Personal life

Poorva who was born to mother Kavita Kiran Shetye and father Kiran M Shetye in Mumbai moved to Bangalore to pursue her swimming aspiration. At a young age, she was diagnosed with chronic Bronchitis. Under advice from her family Homeopathic doctor, Dr. Seema Oak, she took swimming to improve her lung capacity. Thus at the age of six, both Poorva and her elder sister, Prachi were put into swimming.

Another reason is Poorva ’s father who was very inclined into sports. He himself played many sports like Table Tennis, Chess and Carrom. In the beginning, Poorva did not like swimming much but her sister loved it, she even started swimming in state level championships and became a national level diver. Her sister is the biggest inspiration to Poorva, she wanted to become like her and even she motivated her a lot to take up swimming seriously.

Her role model is Rehan Poncha who is also a Jain University^[4] alumnus.^[5]

Career

Poorva Shetye won one gold and silver medal in her first international participation in South Asian Swimming Championship - 2006, Islamabad.^[6] Thereafter she participated in many national tournaments and won 30 Gold, 22 Silver and 6 Bronze Medals. She has also participated in Youth Common Wealth Games - 2008 Pune, India and Third Asian Indoor Games, Hanoi in Vietnam. Poorva is a student of Jain University located in Bangalore.

SPORTS PROFILE:

•Started swimming from 1999

•She is currently swimming under the guidance of Mr. Pradeep Kumar (INDIA COACH)

•Represents Maharashtra in every national meet

•Presented Maharashtra’s prestigious sports award - SHIV CHATRAPATI KRIDA PURASKAR 2008-2009 by former Mr. Prithviraj Chavan for achieving 3 gold, 1 Silver in National Games, Ranchi 2012

•Felicitated by Dr. Abdul Kalam^[7]

She recently graduated from Shri Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain College with a Master in Business Administration Degree with a distinction. She receives immense support from her college especially from Shankar sir and also from the Chairman, Chenraj sir who provide her with all the facilities such as hostel accommodation, fees concession, etc. She is currently working as Marketing Coordinator at GrassRoots, a venture set up by Jain University in Bangalore. On the other hand, she has enrolled in M.Phil. Programs with Management as her Major in Jain University.

Remarkable Achievements

•17 State Records

•20 National Records

•9th South Asian Games, Islamabad, Pakistan - 2004 (Record Holder)

•III Commonwealth Youth Games 2008, Pune, India

•3rd Asian Indoor Games, Hanoi,Vietnam

•XI South Asian Games, Dhaka, Bangladesh - 2010

•XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi

•15th FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Barcelona Spain

•29th World University Championships, Gwangju, South Korea

Participation till date:

•30 National Meets

•7 International Meets

•3 National Games

References