NATARAJ Srihari

India

Swimming

Date of Birth: 16 Jan 2001

Age: 20

Gender: Male

Youth Olympian

Place of birth: BENGALURU

Birth Country:

India

Place of residence : BENGALURU

Residence Country:

India

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 100m Backstroke

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Backstroke - Heat 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	50Back	100Back	200Back
2018	Buenos Aires, ARG	H (26.55)	6th (56.12)	H (2:04.80)

World Championships

Year	Location	50Back	100Back	200Back
2019	Gwangju, KOR	H (25.83)	H (55.55)	H (2:02.08)

Asian Games

Year	Location	50Back	100Back	200Back	4x200Free	4x100Medley M
2018	Indonesia	H (26.19)	7th (56.19)	6th (2:02.83)	7th (7:37.07)	H (3:44.94)

World Junior Championships

Year	Location	100Free	50Back	100Back	200Back
2019	Budapest, HUN	H (50.81)	6th (25.50)	7th (54.85)	H (2:01.70)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Hobbies:

Playing guitar. (firstpost.com, 11 May 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Economics - Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College, Bengaluru, IND

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

AC Jayarajan [India]

Coach:

Nihar Ameen; Deckline Leitao [strength and conditioning]

Sporting relatives:

His brother has competed in swimming at national level in India. (scroll.in, 29 Apr 2018; sportskeeda.com, 02 Jul 2021)

Start:

He first tried swimming at age two, and entered his first race at age five. (newindianexpress.com, 26 Mar 2018; fistosports.com, 14 May 2017)

Reason:

His mother encouraged him to start swimming. "I don't know how I got hooked into the sport. I just know every time I am in the pool, I want to better my last timing. Now I just want to continue breaking my own barriers in the water." (newindianexpress.com, 26 Mar 2018)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to win a medal at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (pib.nic.in, 01 Feb 2018)

Hero:

Indian swimmer Rohit Havaldar, US swimmer Michael Phelps. (zwemza.com, 10 Mar 2018)

Ritual:

He wears a black cap for 200m backstroke races, and a white cap for 100m backstroke and 50m backstroke. (scroll.in, 29 Apr 2018)

Award:

He received the Ekalavya award from the Karnataka state government in 2020. (thebridge.in, 02 Nov 2020)

He was named Best Male Swimmer at the 2017 Senior National Championships in Bhopal, India. (scroll.in, 12 Oct 2017)

General Interest

General
CHANGE IN TECHNIQUE
After missing the Olympic A mark by less than one second in September 2020, he followed his coach's advice to make a technique change which eventually helped him reach the mark. "We just made a few changes to my technique. Instead of going with a flutter kick at the start, my coach advised me to use a dolphin kick as the latter helps in gaining better speed." (sportskeeda.com, 02 Jul 2021)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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