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| Full name | Mandar Anandrao Divase | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 December 1985 Kolhapur,Maharashtra, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mandar Anandrao Divase (Marathi: मंदार दिवसे) ( born 31 December 1985, Kolhapur ) is an Indian international swimmer, veteran in long distance freestyle swimming and open water marathon swimming. Former national record holder in 400m freestyle, 800m freestyle & 1500m freestyle. He has created history of being first ever Indian swimmer by breaking 16 minutes barrier in 1500m freestyle by clocking 15 minutes 56.5 secs & 4 mins barrier in 400m freestyle by clocking 3 minutes 59.59 secs at the 8th Asian swimming Championships 2009 Foshan, China.
He is honoured with the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Award in 2014 by the Maharashtra government & 'Kolhapur Bhushan Award' in the year 2004 ( Youngest achiever, 18 years old ).
He has represented India at the FINA world championships in the year 2009 ( swimming category) , 2011, 2013 & 2015 ( open water swimming category).
In the year 2010 Mandar has represented India at the 19th commonwealth games held at Delhi. The same year he represented India at the 16th Asian games Held at Gounzau, China.
Personal life
editMandar Divase hails from Kolhapur, Maharashtra. He learned swimming at Bhavani Swimming pool, Pirajirao Ghatage trust, Kolhapur. Later he moved to Basavanagudi Aquatic Centre, Bangalore and coached by National Swimming Coach, S Pradeep Kumar . He completed his graduation from New college ( Shivaji University ), Kolhapur, Maharashtra. He is working in the 'Border Security Force' as an Inspector.
Career
editMandar Divase is a former National Record holder ( Senior, Men ) in 400m freestyle, 800m freestyle & 1500m freestyle. He made his debut in swimming by winning 2 bronze medals at the national school games- 1998, Nasik Maharashtra. He won best swimmer award at the school games 2001 held at Gandhinagar, Gujarat in under 19 years boys category. The following year ( 2002) he broke National Record ( senior, Men) in the 800m freestyle and 1500m freestyle. At the age of 16, He was the youngest to hold the National title at senior ( men) level.
He has represented India at the FINA world championships in the year 2009 ( swimming category) , 2011, 2013 & 2015 ( open water swimming category).[1]
Mandar has represented India at the 19th commonwealth games held at Delhi in 400m freestyle, 1500m freestyle and 4x200m freestyle relay events. [2]
He has represented India at the 16th Asian games Held at Gounzau, China in 400m freestyle, 1500m freestyle ( finalist) and 4x200m freestyle relay events.[3]
He won 2 Gold medals at 9th South Asian Games -2004 held at Islamabad, Pakistan and broke a games record in 1500m freestyle. Again he won a gold medal and broke games record at [4] 10th South Asian Games -2006 held at Colombo, Sri Lanka in 1500m freestyle. He won silver medal at [5] 11th South Asian Games -2010 held at Dhaka, Bangladesh.[6]
He won Silver medal at 1st Afro- Asian Games-2003 held at Haydrabad, India in the event of 1500m freestyle.[7]
2 bronze medals at 2nd Asian age group swimming championships-2002 held at Zhuhai, China.
6 times he has represented the Indian Police Team at the World Police and Fire Games and won several medals.[8]
Statistics
editA few of his best timings are 400m freestyle : 3 minutes, 59.59 secs at 8th Asian swimming Championships 2009 Foshan, China, November 2009.
800m freestyle : 8 minutes, 23.08 secs at [9]63rd Senior National Aquatic Championships- 2009, Trivendrum, Kerala, October 2009
1500m freestyle : 15 minutes, 56.95 secs at 8th Asian swimming Championships 2009 Foshan, China, November 2009.
References
edit- ^ 13th FINA World Championship in 2009, Mandar Divase 13th FINA World Championship in 2009, Mandar Divase
- ^ [1] Mandar Divase in Commonwealth Games 2010
- ^ 16th Asian games Held at Gounzau, China
- ^ 10th South Asian Games -2006 held at Colombo, Sri Lanka
- ^ 11th South Asian Games -2010 held at Dhaka, Bangladesh
- ^ 9th South Asian Games -2004 held at Islamabad, Pakistan
- ^ 1st Afro- Asian Games-2003 held at Haydrabad, India
- ^ BSF Wins 11 Gold Medals in International Police Games World Police and Fire Games
- ^ 63rd SENIOR NATIONAL AQUATIC CHAMPIONSHIPS-2009 National Records of Mandar Divase in 63rd SENIOR NATIONAL AQUATIC CHAMPIONSHIPS-2009
External Links
edit67 All-India Police Aquatic and Cross Country Championship kicks off in style, Splendid performance of Mandar Divase 67 All-India Police Aquatic and Cross Country Championship kicks off in style, Splendid performance of Mandar Divase
Mandar Divase Participated in the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China. Mandar Divase Participated in the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China.
Asiad Swim Squad Asiad Swim Squad
13TH FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - 2009 ROME, ITALY, Mandar Divase Performance 13TH FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - 2009 ROME, ITALY, Mandar Divase Performance
India's MANDAR DIVASE, who set a new meet record in the 1500m freestyle swimming of the SAF Games at Islamabad on April 1, 2004 India's MANDAR DIVASE, who set a new meet record in the 1500m freestyle swimming of the SAF Games at Islamabad on April 1, 2004
Mandar Divase in 67th National Aquatic Championship at Koppam 67th National Aquatic Championship at Koppam
Karnataka triumph at National Aquatic C'ships Karnataka triumph at National Aquatic C'ships
Good show by Indians at World Police and Fire Games Good show by Indians at World Police and Fire Games
World Police and Fire games held in Los Angeles World Police and Fire games held in Los Angeles from August
Mandar Divase in World Police and Fire Games Kudos to these supercops from AP who bagged gold at World Po
SI Mandar Anand Divase exhibited exceptional performance SI Mandar Anand Divase exhibited exceptional performance win
Mandar Anand Divase of BSF was the star performer of the team Mandar Anand Divase of BSF was the star performer of the tea
Brave heart cops swim from Bheemli to Visakhapatnam Brave heart cops swim from Bheemli to Visakhapatnam