Kushagra Rawat (born 16 February 2000) is an Indian

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. He competed in the men's 400 metre freestyle at the

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and he did not qualify to compete in the final. At the

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, held in the summer in

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, Rawat placed fourteenth in the 400 metre freestyle with a time of 3:57.45."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 400m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
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''. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022. In the 200 metre freestyle the following day, he placed eighth in heat three, and 25th overall, with a time of 1:54.56."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 200m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
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''. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022."Kushagra Rawat finishes last in men's 200m freestyle event in CWG 2022"
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''. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022. Three days later, he ranked eighth in the preliminaries of the 1500 metre freestyle with a time of 15:47.77 and qualified for the final."Swimming at CWG 2022: Advait Page, Kushagra Rawat qualify for final, Srihari Nataraj sets national record"
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''. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022."Indian swimmers Advait Page, Kushagra Rawat qualify for men's 1500m freestyle final at Commonwealth games 2022"
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''. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022. He placed eighth in the final, finishing in a time of 15:42.67."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 1500m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.

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* 2000 births Living people Indian male freestyle swimmers Place of birth missing (living people) Swimmers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for India Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for India Competitors at the 2019 Summer Universiade South Asian Games medalists in swimming South Asian Games gold medalists for India South Asian Games silver medalists for India {{India-swimming-bio-stub