Kutraleeshwaran

Kutraleeshwaran
குற்றாலீஸ்வரன்
Born8 Nov 1981
Other namesKutral
Occupation(s)President and Managing Partner
OrganizationHeading venture capital arm of a multi asset investment fund
SpouseBrindha Ananthan
AwardsGuinness World Record
Arjuna Award

Kutraleeshwaran Ramesh (born 8 November 1981), popularly known as Kutraleeshwaran or Kutral, is an Indian swimmer and the founder of Kutraleeshwaran Sports Foundation which aims to help Indian sportspersons who are suffering financially.

A winner of the prestigious Arjuna award for sportspersons from Indian government, he also entered the Guinness Book of World records when he was just 13 years old, by swimming across six channels in a single calendar year, a feat which was never achieved by anyone else till date.

Currently, he runs a foundation named Kutraleeshwaran Sports Foundation to help Indian sportspersons who are suffering financially to spend for their sporting activities.