Rehan Jahangir Poncha (born 3 August 1986) is an Indian former swimmer, Olympian, Arjuna Award winner and a six-time national champion, who specialized in backstroke, butterfly, and individual medley events. He is also the recipient of the Eklavya Award from the Karnataka Olympic Association.[1] He is a 6-time Indian swimming champion, and a 6-time record holder in the butterfly (both 100 and 200 m).[2] Poncha also set two of his records in the freestyle and medley relays at the 2009 Asian Swimming Championships in Foshan, China, along with his teammates Sandeep Sejwal, Virdhawal Khade, and Aaron D'Souza.[3]
Poncha qualified for the men's 200 m butterfly at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:01.40 from the Telstra Grand Prix in Sydney, Australia.[4][5] He edged out Peru's Emmanuel Crescimbeni to take a second spot in heat 1 by 0.24 of a second in 2:01.89. Poncha failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fortieth overall in the preliminaries.[6] He has agreed to be a mentor for Indian Collegiate Athletic Program to support the future athletes and guide them to excel in swimming. He started his own academy known as swim smart with Rehan Poncha
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rehan, poncha, rehan, jahangir, poncha, born, august, 1986, indian, former, swimmer, olympian, arjuna, award, winner, time, national, champion, specialized, backstroke, butterfly, individual, medley, events, also, recipient, eklavya, award, from, karnataka, ol. Rehan Jahangir Poncha born 3 August 1986 is an Indian former swimmer Olympian Arjuna Award winner and a six time national champion who specialized in backstroke butterfly and individual medley events He is also the recipient of the Eklavya Award from the Karnataka Olympic Association 1 He is a 6 time Indian swimming champion and a 6 time record holder in the butterfly both 100 and 200 m 2 Poncha also set two of his records in the freestyle and medley relays at the 2009 Asian Swimming Championships in Foshan China along with his teammates Sandeep Sejwal Virdhawal Khade and Aaron D Souza 3 Rehan PonchaPersonal informationFull nameRehan Jahangir PonchaNational team IndiaBorn 1986 08 03 3 August 1986 age 37 Karnataka IndiaHeight1 80 m 5 ft 11 in Weight68 kg 150 lb SportSportSwimmingStrokesFreestyle backstroke butterfly individual medleyCollege teamJain UniversityMedal record Men s swimmingRepresenting IndiaAsian Championships2009 Foshan 4 100 m medley relaySouth Asian Games2004 Islamabad 200 m butterfly2004 Islamabad 200 m individual medley2004 Islamabad 400 m individual medley2006 Colombo 400 m freestyle2006 Colombo 200 m individual medley2006 Colombo 400 m individual medley2010 Dhaka 200 m individual medley2006 Colombo 200 m backstroke2006 Colombo 200 m butterflyPoncha qualified for the men s 200 m butterfly at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by clearing a FINA B standard entry time of 2 01 40 from the Telstra Grand Prix in Sydney Australia 4 5 He edged out Peru s Emmanuel Crescimbeni to take a second spot in heat 1 by 0 24 of a second in 2 01 89 Poncha failed to advance into the semifinals as he placed fortieth overall in the preliminaries 6 He has agreed to be a mentor for Indian Collegiate Athletic Program to support the future athletes and guide them to excel in swimming He started his own academy known as swim smart with Rehan PonchaRehan completed his education in Jain University located in Bangalore 7 References edit Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Rehan Poncha Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 10 December 2012 Rehan Poncha Richa Mishra the best The Hindu 11 October 2009 Archived from the original on 14 October 2009 Retrieved 10 December 2012 Sejwal rues missing out on a silver medal at Asian swimming The Indian Express 2 December 2009 Archived from the original on 23 January 2013 Retrieved 10 December 2012 Rehan Poncha confident of putting good performance in Beijing Oneindia in 9 July 2008 Retrieved 11 April 2013 Poncha crosses Olympic B qualifying mark in Sydney event Outlook India 5 July 2008 Archived from the original on 30 June 2013 Retrieved 11 April 2013 Men s 200m Butterfly Heat 1 Beijing 2008 NBC Olympics Archived from the original on 21 August 2012 Retrieved 10 December 2012 Where Champions are Created Newindianexpress com 18 June 2015 Archived from the original on 13 December 2015 Retrieved 12 April 2016 External links editNBC 2008 Olympics profile nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to an Indian swimmer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rehan Poncha amp oldid 1208464356, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
