Niranjan Mukundan

Niranjan hails from a middle-class family in Bangalore. His father, an independent consultant, owing to a lung surgery he had a couple of years back, no longer works. Niranjan’s mother works as a manager with Ernst and Young. 26-year old Niranjan is a fighter. Born with a medical condition called Spina bifida and with clubbed feet, he has undergone as many as sixteen surgeries already. These obstacles have never deterred this young swimmer from going out all guns blazing in the pool. Extremely passionate about swimming, Niranjan has a great take on life! The ever-smiling Bangalore boy specializes in 100m Butterfly, and loves competing in the 50m and 100m Freestyle events. He was part of the 2014 Asian Games bronze medal winning team and followed that up with record breaking performances at the 2015 IWAS World Junior Games. Since then he has emerged as one of the best para swimmers in India by performing incredibly well at international events. He won a Silver medal in the backstroke event at the IDM Berlin World Para Swimming World Series in 2017, and then won Gold and Silver medals at the 2019 Brazil World Para Swimming World Series. Later in 2019, he even won 5 Gold medals at the Norwegian Swimming Championships, a superb accomplishment. He has won more than 50 international medals so far in his career. Niranjan is gearing up for the upcoming 2022 Commonwealth Games, Birmingham.

• Sport Swimming (S7)
• Hometown Bangalore, Karnataka
• Current Training Base National training center, Berlin, Germany