Top 5 achievements by Indian swimmers

  1. Sufyan Shaikh
Sufyan Shaikh

Swimming across the English Channel may be a benchmark for all open water swimmers out there, but Sufyan Shaikh has taken it not one, but 10 steps further by becoming the first ever Indian to swim across 10 seas! Yes, you read that right!

Shaikh can boast of swimming across Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, North Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Gulf Of Mexico, Mediterranean Sea, Adriatic Sea, Indian Ocean and East China Sea. Along with this, he has also been a recipient of the prestigious Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award. H

ailing from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, this 20 something that has put Indian open water swimmers on the global map.

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