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Indian Paralympic swimmer

Sharath M. Gayakwad is an Indian Paralympic swimmer from Bangalore. At the Asian Games, he broke P.T.

Usha's record for most number of medals by an Indian at any multi-discipline Event by winning 6 medals. Coming from a modest financial background, he has over 30 international and 40 national medals to his credit, one of them being the bronze medal at the Asian Para Games.

He is the first Indian swimmer to qualify for the Paralympics and competed in the Summer Paralympics in London.

Early years

Sharath was born in Bangalore, India in with a deformed left hand.

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He attended the Little Flower Public School in Bangalore, where his parents were initially apprehensive of sending him to mandatory swimming classes because of his disability. However, he eventually took up swimming classes at the age of 9 along with the rest of the class.

Soon after that, he was to be seen participating in various swimming events for disabled people. In ,