Kanchanmala Pande a visually impaired swimming member of Aqua Sports Club brought laurels to the City by getting selected in the Indian squad for the World Para Swimming Series 2024 schedule at Lignano, Italy from 10th to 18th March 2024.
She was selected in the Indian squad for her excellent performance during the trials conducted by Indian Para Swimming Association in 2023. She will be representing India in S-11 category in the event 50 & 100 Mts. Breaststroke & 50 Mts. Backstroke.
For her achievement she was felicitated on HAS – NIT Swimming Pool at the hands of Mr. Prafulla Jamdar, Managing Director of Heat Treat Well & Mahalasa Enterprises in the August presence of Shri Vivek Javade Executive Sales & Operation Midland Sports. Mr. Jamdar extended his warm wishes to Kanchamala and praised her success a lot. Mr. Javade mentioned that other swimmers shall also get inspiration from her and work hard to come up with success. Kanchanmala in replay thanks HAS officials and VIPL for providing such a wonderful swimming facilities and their kind support for the sports persons.
Working in RBI as a Class-I officer Kanchanmala is training hard under the able Guidance of Senior Coach Dr. Pravin Lamkhade (NSNIS, Patiala) and ASCA Level – 5 Coach Shri Vishal Chandurkar Sir.
Aqua Sports Club President Shri Mohan Nahatkar, Secretary Shri Mangesh Gadre, Director Midland Sports Shri Prashant Ugemuge, Vice-President Operations Midland Sports Mrs Preeti Lanjekar, Manager Operations Midland Sports Shri Ashwin Janbandhu, Kanchanmala’s husband Shri Vinod Deshmukh, parents of Aqua Sports Club swimmers and sports lovers from all the corners of the city congratulate Kanchanmala for her achievement and wish her good luck for the coming venture.