Kaveri Dimar

Kaveri Dimar

Medal record
Women's sprint canoe
Representing  India
Asian Championships
	2022 Rayong	C-4 200 m

Kaveri Dimar (also spelled Kaveri Dhimar) is an Indian canoeist, who won a bronze medal at the 2022 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships.[1]

Early life

Dimar was born in a fisherman's family in Mandi village, Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, the fifth of nine siblings. As she grew up, she would accompany her father and elder sisters when they went fishing.[2] The Khandwa district Sports Officer, Joseph Baxla, spotted her talent as a promising swimmer in 2016, and she was admitted to the Madhya Pradesh Water Sports Academy in 2017. She later turned to canoeing as a sport.[3] She studies at the Lovely Professional University.[4]

Career

Dimar has won 15 gold, two silver and a bronze across various solo and team events in India's National Canoe Championships over the period 2020–2022. She teamed up with Namita Chandel, Anjali Bashishth and Shivani Verma to win the bronze medal in the C-4 200m event at the 2022 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships in Rayong.[1]

Achievements

• 3 x gold medals, C-4 (1000m, 200m) and C-2 (500m) events, National Canoe Sprint Championship, Bhopal, 2020[5]
• 7 x gold medals, C-4 (200m), C-2 (1000m, 500m, 200m) and C-1 (5000m, 1000m, 500m), National Canoe Sprint Championship, Bilaspur, 2021[6]
• 5 x gold medals, C-4 (500m), C-2 (1000m), C-1 (5000m, 1000m, 500m); 2 x Silver medals - C-2 (200m, 200m Mixed); Bronze medal – C-4 (200m), National Canoe Sprint Championship, Bhopal, 2022[7]
• Bronze medal, C-4 (200m), Asian Canoe Sprint Championships, Rayong, 2022.[1]

References

1. Singh, Ramendra (27 March 2022). "MP rower Kaveri Dhimar wins bronze in Asian championship". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
2. Nair, Abhijit (14 November 2021). "Daughter of a fisherman, Kaveri Dhimar wins 7 gold medals at Senior National Canoeing Championships". The Bridge. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
3. Singh, Anuraag (11 January 2021). "Boat to canoe, MP fisherman's daughter living her Olympic dream". The Indian Express. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
4. Raj, Raunak (11 November 2021). "LPU Students won 12 Medals in National Canoeing Championship". Lovely Professional University. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
5. "30th National Kayaking and Canoeing Sprint Senior Men and Women Championship" (PDF). Indian Kayaking and Canoeing Association. 16 January 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
6. "31st National Kayaking and Canoeing Sprint Senior Men and Women Championship" (PDF). Indian Kayaking and Canoeing Association. 27 October 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
7. "32nd National Kayaking and Canoeing Sprint Senior Men and Women Championship" (PDF). Indian Kayaking and Canoeing Association. 13 March 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.