Sonali Swain

About: The athlete's remarkable accomplishments include winning the bronze medal in the women's coxless pair category at the 37th National Games held at Chapora River in Mapusa, Goa, on November 1, 2023. She showcased her prowess by securing three gold medals at the 40th Senior & 24th Open Sprint National Rowing Championships, hosted at the Army Rowing Node in Pune, Maharashtra, from February 20 to 26, 2023. Additionally, she claimed one gold and one silver medal in the women's coxless-pair and coxed-eight team events respectively at the 36th National Games on October 2 and 3, 2022, at Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad. Further demonstrating her talent, she earned two gold medals at the 39th Senior & 23rd Open Sprints National Rowing Championships held at Army Rowing Node in Pune between January 7 and 9, 2022. Other notable achievements include clinching the gold medal in the 1000m junior women's pair event at the 40th Junior National Rowing Championships in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, on October 15, 2019, and securing one gold and one silver medal at the 4th Indoor National Rowing Championship in Patna, Bihar, on September 7 and 8, 2019. She has consistently excelled, securing victories in various national rowing championships across different categories and events.

Achievements:

Event Description	Location	Date	Result
Finished fifth in women’s eight event of the 19th Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	September 20-25, 2023	Fifth Place
Participated in the Asian Junior Rowing Championship	Pattaya, Thailand	December 18-22, 2019	Participation
Participated in Women-Four event of the World Junior Rowing Championships	Tokyo, Japan	August 7-11, 2019	Participation
Won the Gold medal in women’s coxless four event of the Asian Junior Rowing Championship	Chungju, South Korea	June 25-30, 2018	Gold Medal
Won Bronze medal in junior women’s coxless-four at the Asian Junior Rowing Championship	Singapore	October 11-14, 2017	Bronze Medal
Received a one-year suspension from the National Anti-Doping Agency in India	–	November 2020 – November 2021	Suspension (Probenecid)

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