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Full name | Gaurika Singh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Nepal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 26 November 2002[1] Kathmandu, Nepal | (age 21)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly, Medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Camden Swiss Cottage Swimming Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Adam Taylor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gaurika Singh (Nepali: गौरिका सिंह; born 26 November 2002) is a Nepalese origin swimmer. She has held many national records since beginning her swimming career at the young age of eight. She has set the record of winning 4 gold medals in a season of the 2019 South Asian games held in Nepal. She won two silver and three bronze medals for swimming at the 2016 South Asian Games.[2][3][4] She also participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as the youngest Olympian, representing Nepal in the Women's 100m backstroke.[5] She has been included in Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2021 Entertainment and Sports list.[6]