Sandeep Sejwal

Sandeep Sejwal
Personal information
Full name Sandeep Sejwal
National team  India
Born (1989-01-23) 23 January 1989
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 160 lb (73 kg)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke

Sandeep Sejwal (born 23 January 1989 in Delhi), is an Indian swimmer. He contested in the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events at the 2010 Asian Juniors in Beijing, but failed to reach the finals in both events.[1]He won the Bronze medal in 2014 Asian games in 50m breast stroke.

Career

Sandeep Sejwal is the Senior National Champion and Indian National Record-holder in the 50 m, 100 m and 200 m Breaststroke events. He won silver medals at the Asian Indoor Games, 2007 in the 50 m and 100 m Breaststroke events.[2][3][4]

Sandeep is an undergraduate student at St. Stephen's College, Delhi.[4]

He is coached by Nihar Ameen[5] in Bangalore.He is supported by the GoSports Foundation, a sports non profit organisation that aims to promote sporting excellence in India.[6]

Sandeep qualified in the swimming events for 2008 Beijing Olympics after clocking 1:02.92s in the 100m breaststroke event at the 14th FINA World Championships in Shanghai.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Virdhawal Khade and Sandeep Sejwal on a high". The Hindu. 7 May 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Vivek Phadnis. "Sandeep stuns Muralidharan to strike gold Archived 19 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine.", Deccan Herald, 23 September 2007. Retrieved on 2008-07-08.
  3. ↑ "Gold for Hamza, Sinimole", The Hindu, 1 November 2007. Retrieved on 2008-07-08.
  4. 1 2 "It rained records", Sportstar Weekly, 6 October 2007. Retrieved on 2008-07-08.
  5. ↑ "Khade & Sejwal qualify for Beijing Games". Hinduonnet.com. 2008-05-17. Archived from the original on 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
  6. ↑ "Metro Plus Bangalore / Sport : Solid roots". The Hindu. 2011-02-10. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
  7. ↑ http://www.hindustantimes.com/Sandeep-Sejwal-qualifies-for-2012-London-Olympics/Article1-725071.aspx%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
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