Adaveeshaiah Puttaveeraswamy Gagan Ullalmath (

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: ಗಗನ್ ಉಳ್ಳಾಲಮಠ, born 8 January 1992), popularly known as Gagan Ullalmath, is an Indian

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. He is the only swimmer to represent India in the

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He finished 7th in heat 1 of

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event with a time of 16:31:14 and was eventually knocked out at last position 31st. Ullalmath was given a position to swim in the Olympics due to a universality quota, despite not reaching a qualifying standard.

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1992 births Living people Indian male swimmers Indian male freestyle swimmers Swimmers from Bangalore Olympic swimmers of India Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics South Asian Games gold medalists for India South Asian Games medalists in swimming 20th-century Indian people 21st-century Indian people {{India-swimming-bio-stub

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