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The Incredible Life of Arati Saha the Swimmer Who Wouldn't Give Up

Swati Sengupta

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Speaking Tiger Publishing Private Limited
20 November 2023
Swimming & water sports (Children's&YA)
Arati Saha was born in 1940, and learnt to swim in the Hooghly river

in Calcutta as a child. At the age of eight, she competed in the National

Championship in Bombay, winning silver and bronze medals. When she was

eleven years and ten months, she was selected as one of the first four women

to represent independent India at the Helsinki Summer Olympics of 1952.

She was the youngest Indian Olympian-a record that stands till this day.

By the time she was eighteen, Arati was looking for a fresh challenge-she

decided to swim the English Channel. This marathon endurance swim had

been completed by others before her, but no woman from India, indeed from

Asia, had done so yet. Arati trained in the lakes and pools of Calcutta, once

swimming for sixteen hours at a stretch. Overcoming many odds, she went to

England where, undaunted by one failed attempt, she tried again-till she was

successful.

This is the inspiring story of how a seemingly ordinary girl set her eyes on

impossible dreams and achieved them with her incredible hard work and

talent. In the process, she swam her way into history.
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Imprint:   Speaking Tiger Publishing Private Limited
Dimensions:   Height: 203mm,  Width: 127mm,  Spine: 7mm
Weight:   136g
ISBN:   9789354476945
ISBN 10:   9354476945
Pages:   118
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 5 to 12 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  English as a second language
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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