Gaurika Singh Height, Weight, Age, Biography & More
Bio |
Real Name | Gaurika Singh |
Nickname | Not Known |
Profession | Nepalese swimmer |
Physical Stats & More |
Height | in centimeters- 155 cm
in meters- 1.55 m
in Feet Inches- 5’ 1” |
Weight | in Kilograms- 45 kg
in Pounds- 99 lbs |
Eye Colour | Black |
Hair Colour | Black |
Swimming |
National Team | Nepal |
International Debut | On 3rd August 2015 at the World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia. |
Coach/Mentor | Rhys Gormley, Christine Green |
Strokes | Freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, medley |
Club | Copthall Swimming Club |
Records (main ones) | • At the 19th National Open Swimming Championship, she broke 8 national records in 7 events.
• In the 2015 National Open Swimming Championship, she broke national records in all 6 events she participated.
• When she was selected for the 2016 Rio Olympics, she became the youngest Olympian in Rio at the age of 13. |
Career Turning Point | When she won Bronze Medal at the 12th South Asian Games in Guwahati, India. |
Personal Life |
Date of Birth | 26 November 2002 |
Age (as in 2016) | 14 Years |
Birth Place | Nepal |
Zodiac sign/Sun sign | Sagittarius |
Nationality | Nepalese |
Hometown | Lives in London, United Knigdom |
School | Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls, Elstree, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom |
College | N/A |
Educational Qualifications | Studying at Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls, Elstree, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom |
Family | Father- Paras Singh
Mother- Garima Rana
Brother- Sauren
Sisters- N/A
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Religion | Hinduism |
Ethnicity | Nepalese |
Hobbies | Music, Video Games, Traveling |
Favourite Things |
Favourite Swimmer | Katinka Hosszú (Hungarian Swimmer) |
Boys, Family & More |
Marital Status | Unmarried |
Sexual Orientation | Straight |
Husband | N/A |
Children | Daughter- N/A
Son- N/A
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Some Lesser Known Facts About Gaurika Singh
- Gaurika Singh was born in Nepal and at the age of two she moved to London along-with her family.
- Her mother, Garima Rana, is the 1994 SLC Board Topper.
- She takes her training at Copthall Swimming Club in London under coaches Christine Green and Rhys Gormley, who are known to have produced world-class swimmers.
- Gaurika started competing in the Nepal Championships at the age of eleven.
- She has won many awards and has broken many national records since the beginning of her swimming career at a very young age.
- At the 2016, South Asian Games, she won 1 silver and 2 bronze medals.
- According to her father, Paras Rana, Gaurika gets up at 4:00 a.m. each day.
- In April 2015, when a massive earthquake hit the Nepal, Gaurika was in Kathmandu along-with her mother and little brother Sauren. She explains- “We were on the fifth floor of a building that we couldn’t escape from, so we sheltered under a table for 10 minutes in the middle of the room and had to go down the stairs afterwards amid the aftershocks.”
- She contributed 200 pounds sterling (from the earnings of national championships) for the Nepal earthquake victims.
- In June 2015, she became the Goodwill Ambassador of the Shanti Education Initiative Nepal (SEIN).
- In 2016, she was selected for the Rio Olympics to represent Nepal and became the youngest Olympian in Rio.
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