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Nisha Millet - swimmer

Nisha Millet  -   swimmer born 20 March 1982, is a swimmer from  Bangalore ,  Karnataka ,  India . Nisha Millet, and the Arjuna Award winner, was the only woman in the 2000  Sydney   Olympics  swim team for India. Career Millet started swimming in 1991 at the age of 9 and won her first medal in 1992 at the sub junior nationals. Initially she was coached by her father at the Dolphin club in Chennai. When she showed a lot of promise by winning 4 Gold Medals as a 12yr old at the Senior National Championships held in Goa, her family shifted to Bangalore to focus on her swimming career.   She then progressed on to represent India at various international competitions.  It culminated with her representing  India in Olympics  at the  2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney  after training under coach Pradeep Kumar at the  Basavanagudi Aquatic Centre . She is the only Indian sports person to have won 14 gold ...