Rohit Rajendra Havaldar (born in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India) is an Indian swimmer. Rohit Havaldar has achieved many swimming records and has won many medals both at the nationals and state competitions. He competed in Telstra grand prix Olympic trials in July. He created history in 2010 when he won a medal for India in swimming at the South Asian games 2010. Rohit was awarded Maharashtra government's most prestigious " Shiv Chhatrapati Award" in 2015 by the then Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis and Sports Minister, Vinod Tawde. He was also awarded Karnataka government's most prestigious "Ekalavya Award" in 2006 by the then Governor of Karnataka, Late. Hansraj Bharadwaj and Sports Minister Shri. Gulihatty Shekhar.

Early life

Havaldar was born in

Kolhapur Kolhapur () is a city on the banks of the Panchganga River in the southern part of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarter of the Kolhapur district. In, around 2 C.E. Kolapur's name was 'Kuntal'. Kolhapur is kn ...

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to Rajendra Havaldar (father) and Anuradha Havaldar (mother). He received his education at

Jain University Jain University, officially JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), is a private deemed-to-be-university in Bangalore, India. Originating from Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College, it was conferred the deemed-to-be-university status in 2009. In August ...

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. At a very young age, he has shown the signs of fulfilling his energy.

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