Poorva Shetye

Poorva Kiran Shetye (born 12 March 1993), is an Indian International Swimmer, who is specialized in 50 m, 100 m and 200 m  breaststroke.  Poorva still holds the National Record at the National Games for 50 m Breast Stroke.

Poorva was awarded Maharashtra government's most prestigious "Shiv Chhatrapati Award" in 2008 by the then Chief Minister, Prithviraj Chavan.

Personal life 
Poorva who was born to mother Kavita Kiran Shetye and father Kiran M Shetye in Mumbai moved to Bangalore to pursue her swimming aspiration. At a young age, she was diagnosed with chronic Bronchitis. Under advice from her family Homeopathic doctor, Dr. Seema Oak, she took swimming to improve her lung capacity. Thus at the age of six, both Poorva and her elder sister, Prachi were put into swimming. 

Another reason is Poorva’s father who was very inclined into sports. He himself played many sports like Table Tennis, Chess and Carrom. In the beginning, Poorva did not like swimming much but her sister loved it, she even started swimming in state level championships and became a national level diver. Her sister is the biggest inspiration to Poorva, she wanted to become like her and even she motivated her a lot to take up swimming seriously. 

Poorva completed her Bachelor's degree in Commerce. She graduated from Shri Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain College with a Master in Business Administration Degree in 2016 with a distinction. She receives immense support from her college especially from Shankar sir and also from the Chairman, Chenraj sir who provided her with all the necessary scholarships. She worked for two years as Operations Head at JGI GrassRoots, a venture set up by Jain University in Bangalore.

Swimming Career

Poorva Shetye won one gold and silver medal in her first International participation in South Asian Swimming Championship - 2006, Islamabad. Thereafter she participated in many national tournaments and won 30 Gold, 22 Silver and 6 Bronze Medals. She has also participated in 29th World University Championships, Gwangju, South Korea, 15th FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Barcelona Spain, |XIX Commonwealth Game, Delhi,2010. Poorva is a student of Jain University located in Bangalore. She is currently pursuing her Masters of Analytics from RMIT, Melbourne, Australia.

SPORTS PROFILE:

•Started swimming from 1999

•She was trained under the guidance of Mr. Pradeep Kumar (Indian Coach) 

•Represents Maharashtra in every national meet

•Presented Maharashtra’s prestigious sports award - SHIV CHHATRAPATI KRIDA PURASKAR 2008-2009 by the 17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Mr. Prithviraj Chavan for achieving 3 gold, 1 Silver in National Games, Ranchi 2012

•Felicitated by 11th President of India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Remarkable Achievements
•17 State Records

•20 National Records

•9th South Asian Games, Islamabad, Pakistan - 2004 (Record Holder) 

•III Commonwealth Youth Games 2008, Pune, India

•3rd Asian Indoor Games, Hanoi,Vietnam

•XI South Asian Games, Dhaka, Bangladesh - 2010

•XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi

•15th FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Barcelona Spain

•29th World University Championships, Gwangju, South Korea

Participation till date:

•30 National Meets

•7 International Meets

•3 National Games

References

Category:Indian female swimmers
Category:Female breaststroke swimmers
Category:Swimmers from Mumbai
Category:1993 births
Category:Living people
Category:Sportswomen from Maharashtra
Category:21st-century Indian women