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Arati Gupta
Saha on a 1999 stamp of India
Personal information
Birth name
Arati Saha
National team
India
Born
(1940-09-24)24 September 1940 Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died
23 August 1994(1994-08-23) (aged 53) Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Spouse
Dr. Arun Gupta
Sport
Sport
Swimming
Strokes
Freestyle, Long-distance swimming, Breaststroke
Club
Hatkhola Swimming Club
Coach
Sachin Nag
Medal record
Padma Shri 1960
Women's swimming
1948 Mumbai
100 metre freestyle
1948 Mumbai
200 metre breast stroke
1948 Mumbai
200 metre freestyle
Arati Saha (later Arati Gupta, born 24 September 1940 – 23 August 1994) was an Indian long-distance swimmer. She was best known for becoming the first Asian woman to swim across the English Channel on 29 September 1959 at nineteen years old.[1][2][3][4] In 1960, she became the first Indian sportswoman to be awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian honour in India.
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