FULL NAME: Shristi Upadhaya
NICK NAME: Chikoo
GENDER: Female
DATE OF BIRTH: 21 February 2022 (Source: Swimming Federation of India)
PARENTS: Father (Tarun Kumar Upadhaya), Mother (Sanjukta Upadhaya)
PERMANENT HOME ADDRESS: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
PRESENT HOME ADDRESS: Khandagiri, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Studied at Jadavpur University form 2020. Earlier studied at BSS School and Kendriya Vidyalaya, Ballygunge, Kolkata.
TRAINING PLACE: Odisha-JSW Swimming High Performance Centre, Bhubaneswar
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Sandeep Sejwal at Odisha-JSW Swimming HPC, Bhubaneswar. Earlier received coaching from Biswajit Dey Chowdhury at SAI, Kolkata.
EVENTS PURSUED: 50m butterfly, 100m butterfly, 200m butterfly, 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle and 200m individual medley
TEAMS/UNITS REPRESENTED: Bhubaneswar-Khordha District Aquatic Association and Odisha State

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Emerged as the Joint-Best Swimmer in Women Open category, bagging 6 Gold medals in the 64th Odisha State Swimming Championship, held at Aquatic Centre, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar from 19-21 July 2024.
*     Emerged individual champion in women group, bagging 6 Gold  medals in the 63rd Odisha State Swimming Championship, held at Biju Patnaik Swimming Pool Complex in Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar from 4-7 June 2023.
*     Crowned as Best Woman Swimmer and Individual Champion, bagging 5 Gold medals in the 62nd Odisha State Seniors Swimming Championship, held at Biju Patnaik Swimming Pool, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar on 23-24 August 2022.

NATIONAL:
*     Won 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze medal in the 77th Senior National Aquatic Championships, held at the International Swimming Complex in Mangalore, Karnataka from 10-13 September 2024.
*     Clinched a treble, winning 3 Gold medals in the 2nd Odisha National Swimming Ranking Championship (Final) 2023, held at Kalinga Stadium Aquatic Centre, Bhubaneswar from 10-12 June 2024.
*     Bagged 2 Gold and 2 Silver medals for Jadavpur University in the All India Inter-University Aquatics Championship, held at SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai from 2-4 February 2024.
*     Created swimming history for Odisha by winning the first ever medal for the State at the 37th National Games with a Bronze in women 100m butterfly in Panjim, Goa on 29 October 2023. She also secured the Bronze medal in women 4x100m medley relay on 30 October 2023.
*     Represented Odisha in the 75th Senior National Aquatic Championship at Guwahati, Assam from 6 to 10 September 2022.
*     2 Gold medals (50m butterfly and 100m butterfly) in the 65th National School Games, held in Delhi from 17-22 November 2019.
*     1 Gold (200m individual medley) and 2 Silver (50m backstroke, 100m backstroke) medals in the 61st National School Games, held in Kolkata, West Bengal from 4-8 November 2015.
*     1 Bronze medal i(100m backstroke) for Maharashtara in the 31st Sub-Junior National Aquatic Championship, held in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, from 26-29 June 2014.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Made a memorable international debut, winning 3 Bronze medals (one each in 100m, 50m and 200m butterfly events) and clocking personal best time in all three butterfly and 200m individual medley events in the Thailand Age Group Swimming Championships at Aquatic Centre, Assumption University, Bangkok on 8, 10 and 11 April 2023.

MISCELLANEOUS:
*     Won 2 Gold and 2 Silver medals for Jadavpur University in the 4th Khelo India University Games, held at Dr Zakir Hussain Aquatics Complex in Guwahati from 19-22 February 2024.
*     Won 3 Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze medals for Jadavpur University in the 3rd Khelo India University Games at SVSP Indoor Stadium in Greater Noida on 27 and 29 May 2023.
*     2 Gold, 3 Silver and 2 Bronze medals in the Khelo India University Games, held at Jain University in Bangalore, from 24 April-3 May 2022.
*     3 Gold, 2 Silver and 1 Bronze medal in the All-India Inter-University Aquatic Championship, held in Bhubaneswar, from 22-25 December 2021.
*     First position in the 76th Open Water Long-Distance Swimming Competition (19km river swimming, Jiagunj to Goraghat), held in Murshidabad, West Bengal on 25 August 2019.
*     First position in the 75th Open Water Long-Distance Swimming Competition (19km river swimming, Jiagunj to Goraghat), held in Murshidabad, West Bengal on 26 August 2018.
*     First position in the 74th Open Water Long-Distance Swimming Competition (19km river swimming, Jiagunj to Goraghat), held in Murshidabad, West Bengal on 27 August 2017.
*     Second position in the 73rd Open Water Long-Distance Swimming Competition (19km river swimming, Jiagunj to Goraghat), held in Murshidabad, West Bengal on 18 September 2016.
*     Third position in the 72nd Open Water Long-Distance Swimming Competition (19km river swimming, Jiagunj to Goraghat), held in Murshidabad, West Bengal on 6 September 2015.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*     Started career in swimming at the age of three.
*     Champion Award at the 2016 Junior Aquatic Meet.
*     Got inspiration from Sarah Sjostrom from Sweden.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 31 August 2022
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 14 September 2024