Prasana Karmakar is an Indian Para swimmer. He won 2 Bronze medals in 2014 Incheon Asian Games. He is also known for representing India as the swimming team coach for 2016 RIO Paralympic games.

Early life

He was born in 1980 or 1981 in

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Career

He is an Arjuna Awardee, Major Dhyan Chand Sports Awardee, Bhim Awardee, Kolkata Shree Awardee, State Role Model Awardee, Super Idol Awardee, Positive Health Hero Awardee, Achiever Awardee, Limca Book Record Holder, Swimmer of the year Award 2010, 2011, 2014. In 2003, Karmakar became the first disabled swimmer to represent

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and win a medal at the World Swimming Championships in Argentina. Karmakar is known to be the Indian swimmer at the 2009

IWAS World Games The International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports (IWAS) World Games (or IWAS World Games) are a multi-sport competition for athletes with a disability, which were the forerunner of the Paralympic Games. The competition has been formerly known as t ...

held in

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winning 4 Gold, 2 Silver and 1 Bronze medal. At the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

in Delhi, he won a bronze medal which was India's first ever medal in aquatics at the Commonwealth Games. In the

2010 Asian Para Games The 2010 Asian Para Games (), also known as the First Asian Para Games, was a parallel sport event for Asian athletes with a disability held in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, China. Two weeks after the conclusion of the 2010 Asian Games, 1 ...

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in China, he won a silver medal at 50m Freestyle and a bronze medal in the 200m Individual Medley. Prasanta also won a bronze in the 50m Backstroke in the S9 category at the 2010 International German Swimming Championships for Athletes with a Disability in Berlin,

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. Karmakar won 2 bronze medal in 2014 Incheon Asian Para games in 100 meter Breast stroke and 4 × 100meter freestyle relay. It was reported that Karmakar opted out of the Paralympics in London to make way for Sharath Gayakwad. In March 2018, Karmakar was suspended for three years by Paralympic Committee of India for reportedly capturing video clips of female swimmers. He is the Paralympic swimming Asian record holder in 50m Butterfly, 50m Breaststroke and 50m Backstroke and also is the Paralympic National Record holder in four events – 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle, 100m Backstroke and 200m Individual Medley. Having achieved success at the

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

and

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...

. Karmakar has been coached by Pradeep Kumar in Bangalore.

Achievements

* National champion for 16 consecutive years, * Only Indian Commonwealth Games medalist 2010 * 2006, 2010 and 2014 Asian Games medalist, * Only Indian Athlete world games 7 medalist 2009, * Only Indian swimmer made 3 Asian records 2010, * First Indian World Swimming Championship Medalist 2003, * International swimmer for over 13 years representing India and winning 44 medals, * Only swimmer in India to win medal in Asian Cycling Championship 2013. * First coach in Indian Paralympic Swimming Team at Rio Paralympic Games 2016.

Personal life

Awards and accolades

* Arjuna Award 2011, * Major Dhyan Chand Sports Award 2015, * Bhiem Award 2014, * Kolkata Shree Award 2010, * Role Model Award 2005, * Super Idol Award 2011, * Positive Health Hero Award 2012, * Swimmer of the year Award 2009, 2011 * Achiever Award 2015. * He was supported by

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, a sports non profit organisation that aims to promote sporting excellence in India.

References

External links

Prasanta's Home Page
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