Nisha Millet
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Nisha Millet is a swimmer from Bangalore
, Karnataka
, India
. Nisha Millet, and the Arjuna Award winner, was the only woman in the 2000 Sydney
Olympics swim team for India.
at the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney
after training under coach Pradeep Kumar at the Basavanagudi Aquatic Centre
. She is the only Indian sports person to have won 14 gold medals ever at the 1999 national games held at Manipur
and win the prime ministers "Best Sportswoman" award twice.
She had retired from a professional swimming career which spanned 16 years with over 600 gold medals at various domestic and international competitions. After her retirement, she has been working as swimming instructor at a variety of clubs in Bangalore such as Catholic Club
. She is also involved with setting up a coaching facility primarily for swim coaching so as to improve the levels of coaching in the country.
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
, Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. Nisha Millet, and the Arjuna Award winner, was the only woman in the 2000 Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
Olympics swim team for India.
Career
Millet started swimming in 1991 at the age of 9 and won her first medal in 1992 at the sub junior nationals. Initially she was coached by her father at the Dolphin club in Chennai. When she showed a lot of promise by winning 4 Gold Medals as a 12yr old at the Senior National Championships held in Goa, her family shifted to Bangalore to focus on her swimming career. She then progressed on to represent India at various international competitions. It culminated with her representing India in OlympicsIndia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Bronze:* Karnam Malleswari — Weightlifting, Women's 69kg Competition.-Men's competition:Men's 400 m*Paramjit Singh*# Round 1 - 46.64 Men's 4x100 m*Rajeev Bala Krishnan, C. Thirugnana Durai, Anil Kumar, Raj Singh Ajay...
at the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
after training under coach Pradeep Kumar at the Basavanagudi Aquatic Centre
Basavanagudi Aquatic Centre
Basavanagudi Aquatic Centre is a premier swimming training centre located in Bangalore, India. At any given time, the Centre caters to more than 400 regular swimmers from different age groups at various levels. Many of India's international swimmers train here. The Centre works full time and has...
. She is the only Indian sports person to have won 14 gold medals ever at the 1999 national games held at Manipur
Manipur
Manipur is a state in northeastern India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. Manipur is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west; it also borders Burma to the east. It covers an area of...
and win the prime ministers "Best Sportswoman" award twice.
She had retired from a professional swimming career which spanned 16 years with over 600 gold medals at various domestic and international competitions. After her retirement, she has been working as swimming instructor at a variety of clubs in Bangalore such as Catholic Club
Catholic Club
The Catholic Club in Bengaluru is a social association established by Bengaluru's Catholic Archdiocese in 1948, although its membership is not limited to Catholics. The club-house is located on Museum Road next to St. Patrick's church. The Catholic Club is notable for its Christmas and New Year's...
. She is also involved with setting up a coaching facility primarily for swim coaching so as to improve the levels of coaching in the country.
Awards
- Prime Minister's award for best sportswoman of the national games - 1997 and 1999.
- Highest Gold medals (14) in sports in the Manipur National Games - 1999
- Arjuna AwardArjuna awardThe Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll....
given to highest sports person in India - 2000 - Rajyotsava Award - 2001
- Karnataka State Ekalavya Award - 2002
- Afro-Asian games, women's backstroke Silver medal - 2003
See Also
- India at the 2000 Summer OlympicsIndia at the 2000 Summer Olympics- Bronze:* Karnam Malleswari — Weightlifting, Women's 69kg Competition.-Men's competition:Men's 400 m*Paramjit Singh*# Round 1 - 46.64 Men's 4x100 m*Rajeev Bala Krishnan, C. Thirugnana Durai, Anil Kumar, Raj Singh Ajay...
- Basavanagudi Aquatic CentreBasavanagudi Aquatic CentreBasavanagudi Aquatic Centre is a premier swimming training centre located in Bangalore, India. At any given time, the Centre caters to more than 400 regular swimmers from different age groups at various levels. Many of India's international swimmers train here. The Centre works full time and has...