Sebastian Xavier
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 February 1970 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
Medal record | |
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Sebastian Xavier (born 10 February 1970) is a former Indian swimmer from Kerala.
Career
[edit | edit source]He was the fastest swimmer of India for more than a decade. He held the national record of 22.89 seconds in 50 meters freestyle swimming for 11 years from 1998 to 2009 [1][2] in addition to several other national records during his career. He represented India in the 1996 Olympic Games at Atlanta,[3] in two Asian Games and in several South Asian Games (SAF) games. Sebastian won 36 gold medals at the SAF Games, SAF Championships and Asia Pacific meets and 66 gold medals in the national meets. He received the Arjuna Award in 2001.[4]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Sebastian is married to former Indian athlete Molly Chacko and the couple works with Southern Railways.[5]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Sebastian Xavier at World AquaticsLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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Categories:
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Indian male swimmers
- Indian male freestyle swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for India
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games swimmers for India
- Swimmers at the 1998 Asian Games
- South Asian Games gold medalists for India
- South Asian Games medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 1991 South Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1995 South Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1999 South Asian Games
- Recipients of the Arjuna Award
- Malayali people
- Swimmers from Kerala
- People from Alappuzha district
- 20th-century Indian people
- 21st-century Indian people