PANDEY KHATESWAR

Date of Birth : 2007-09-10
Gender : Male
Father :
Mother :
Address : Badabazar, Sambalpur, Odisha, India
Present Address :
Education :
Occupation : Government employee-turned-swimming coach
Home Club :
Coaching From : Self-taught swimmer
Team Represented : : Odisha
Major Achievements :
Description :

GALLERY

NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL


OTHER IMPORTANT DATA

-
* Peformed as a Technical Official at the 3rd SAF Games Swimming Competition at Kolkata in 1987.
-
* Peformed as a Technical Official in swimming for the Delhi Asian Games 1982.
-
* Was the undisputed swimming champion of Odisha for 11 years (1958 to 1968).
-
* Played instrumental role, along with the then Cabinet Minister Dr Jhasketan Sahu and Sambalpur Municipal Corporation Chairman Sangram Sahani in setting up first national level swimming pool of Odisha in Sambalpur.
-
* Knwon as the patriarch and role model of the sport of swimming in Odisha.
-
* Left his government job in 1982 (at the age of 45) and joined Nehru Yuba Kendra as swimming coach.
-
* Leant the skills of swimming on the lap of river The Mahanadi, which flows very close to his home.

Comments