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{{Short description|Indian swimmer (born 2010)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2025}}

{{Infobox sportsperson
| birth_date = 17 May 2010
| birth_place = [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], India
}}

'''Dhinidhi Desinghu''' (born 17 May 2010) is an Indian swimmer from [[Karnataka]]. She specialises in 200m freestyle. She also competes in 100m freestyle and 200m individual medley. She qualified for the [[India at the 2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Summer Olympics]] at Paris in the women's 200m freestyle event as she received a Universality Quota place.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-26 |title=Paris 2024: Srihari Nataraj and Dhinidhi Desinghu selected to represent India via Universality Quota |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/swimming/paris-2024-srihari-nataraj-dhinidhi-desinghu-selected-represent-india-universality-quota-sajan-prakash-fails-to-qualify-news/article68335029.ece |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-26 |title=Paris Olympics: 14-Year-Old Dhinidhi & Srihari Will Represent India in Swimming |url=https://www.thequint.com/sports/2024-paris-olympics-14-year-old-dhinidhi-desinghu-srihari-nataraj-represent-india-swimming |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=TheQuint |language=en}}</ref> She was India's youngest athlete at the Paris Games.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2024-06-26 |title=At age of 14, swimmer Dhinidhi Desinghu to be India's youngest athlete at Paris Olympics 2024 - CNBC TV18 |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/sports/at-age-of-14-swimmer-dhinidhi-desinghu-to-be-indias-youngest-athlete-at-paris-olympics-2024-19433861.htm |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=CNBCTV18 |language=en}}</ref> She was also the youngest Indian athlete at the [[2022 Asian Games]].

== Early life and education ==
Desinghu was born on 17 May 2010 in [[Bangalore]]. She studied at Kendriya Vidyalaya DRDO, CV Raman Nagar, Bengaluru.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Pranav |first=R. |date=2022-07-29 |title=Dhinidhi Desinghu: Bengaluru's little swimming champ |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/dhinidhi-desinghu-bengalurus-little-swimming-champ/article65661531.ece |access-date=2024-06-28 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=2024-06-27 |title=Teen Dhinidhi for Olympics |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/teen-dhinidhi-set-to-be-youngest-indian-swimmer-at-paris-olympics/articleshow/111298859.cms |access-date=2024-06-28 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

== Career ==
Desinghu started swimming as a leisure activity in 2018. Soon, she was spotted and took to competitive swimming. She trains under coach B. M. Madhu Kumar of Dolphin Aquatics. She was in limelight in 2023, setting a national record at the Junior and Sub-Junior National Aquatic Championship in 100m freestyle, and went on to get two more records in 200m freestyle and 200m individual medley. She also won seven gold medals at the National Games in Goa and took part in the World Championships at Doha.<ref name=":3" /> In 2024, she also won gold at the Karnataka Mini Olympics and Karnataka Junior and Sub-Junior Aquatic Championship.<ref name=":1" />

In July 2023, she won a gold at the 76th Senior National Aquatic Championships in women's 200m freestyle. She also won a gold at the 54th Singapore National Age Group in 200m freestyle in March 2024.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Dhinidhi DESINGHU {{!}} Profile {{!}} World Aquatics Official |url=https://www.worldaquatics.com/athletes/1706668/dhinidhi-desinghu/www.worldaquatics.com/athletes/1706668/dhinidhi-desinghu/profile |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=World Aquatics |language=en}}</ref>

==Awards and honours==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+
! scope="col"|Year
! scope="col"|Award
! scope="col"|Category
! scope="col"|Result
! scope="col"|Ref(s)
|-
|2025
|[[Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar|Rashtriya Bal Puraskar]]
|Highest civilian honour for children
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dhinidhi Desinghu Award: Young Swimmer Joins Elite Group |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/it-was-special-to-be-part-of-that-amazing-group-swimmer-dhinidhi-desinghu-3844568 |access-date=2025-12-28 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{World Aquatics}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:2010 births]]
[[Category:Indian female freestyle swimmers]]
[[Category:Swimmers from Bengaluru]]
[[Category:Asian Games swimmers for India]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2022 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers for India]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]

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Wikialpha49 at 07:38, 27 April 2026