Dattu Baban Bhokanal

Dattu Baban Bhokanal[1] is an Indian rower who had qualified for the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.[2][3][4] He qualified for the Olympics after winning a silver in the men's single sculls event at the FISA Asian and Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta at Chung-ju in South Korea where he clocked 7 minutes and 07.63 seconds.[4] He is the only Indian rower to qualify for the Rio Olympics and is only the ninth rower to represent India in the Olympics.He won the gold medal in the 2018 Asian Games in Men's Quadruple sculls.[5][6]

Dattu Baban Bhokanal
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (1991-04-05) 5 April 1991
Talegaon Rohi Tal: Chandwad, Dist: Nashik, Maharastra, India
Sport
Country India
SportRowing
Medal record
Representing  India
Asian Rowing Championships
2015 BeijingMen's Single Sculls
Asian Games
2018 JakartaMen's Quadruple sculls

Rowing career

He started rowing in 2012 at the Bombay Engineer Group & Centre (Khadki) Centre in Pune. In 2013, he shifted to Army Rowing Node (ARN), Pune for better training. His first coach was Kusrat Ali. Now he is trained under Dronacharya and chief National rowing coach Ismail Baig at the ARN, Pune.

Dattu is supported by the Target Olympic Podium (TOP) Scheme which funds Olympic medal prospects for their training and preparation. For Rio Olympic 2016, national camp held at ARN, Pune where Dr.Roshan Adkitte (MSPT) was his Sports Physiotherapist. Before Rio Olympic, Dr.Roshan Adkitte had treated his multiple sports injuries successfully. For guidance on training diet and supplements Dattu consulted Aradhana Sharma, sports nutritionist appointed by Mission Olympic Wing of Indian Army.

Achievements

Asian Rowing Championships

Year Venue Event Total Result
2015 Beijing Sculls 2Km 7:18s Silver
  • 2014: 2 Gold medals in the National Rowing Championships, representing the Services.
  • 2014: 5th in the Asian Games Incheon.

References
  1. https://www.olympic.org/dattu-baban-bhokanal
  2. "Indian Olympic Association Link" (PDF).
  3. "It was a hard row to hoe for him to reach Rio". The Hindu. 2016-05-04. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  4. "India's #RioOlympics Rower Dattu Baban Bhokanal Comes From A Village Without Water". Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  5. "Asian Games: Indian rowers claim 1 gold, 2 bronze medals". The Times of India. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  6. "Indian rowers claim gold, 2 bronze medals". The Economic Times. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
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