Kanchanmal Pande Biography – Blind Swimmer who fight against struggles and won in world championship

We all know that one of the most important thing for us in our body is eyes, we see things through eyes. We enjoy the beauty of Nature through eyes, eyes sees everything, eyes makes us feel. Hence eyes plays an important role in our life, without eyes life becomes difficult. Some consider it difficulty and some did not bother for this.

Kanchanmal Pande is the one who did not thought about her difficulty, instead she focuses on practise and training of swimming. Because of hard work she has won several medals and shown the world that eyes can not restrict the person in achieving their goals. His journey is an inspiration for million who stops dreaming. This article will tell you about Kanchanmal Pande Biography- Age, Life, Journey, Husband, Struggles, Medals, Awards, Honors etc.

Kanchanmala Pande Biography- Age, Life, Handicap Player, Medals

Pande is a Blind International Swimmer of India. Her full name is Kanchanmal Pande, who originally hails from Nagpur which is in Maharashtra. She has competed with many sighted players at all levels and won medals in that tournaments despite being blind. Most interesting thing is that she has always been gold Medal winner in all National and State Level Championship.

The statistics has showed that she had won 120 medals including International, National, State Level Tournaments. Out of these 120 Medals, 114 were gold that is a shocking figure. She also has won bronze medal in 200 Metres Medley in the World Para- Championship, Mexico 2017. Apart from medals of tournaments, she also has given several awards from governments, Institutions, Academy etc.

In later paragraph you will be able to know about Kanchanmal Pande Biography- Age, Life, Journey, Husband, Struggles, Medals, Awards, Honors. 

Life

She is born in 1990 Dec. Her father is Dyaneshwar Pande and her mother is Hira Pande. Her husband name is Vinod Deshmukh. She originally hails from Nagpur which is a district of Maharashtra. As per many resources, it has been found that she was doing swimming from the age of 10, the age at which children used to play, she was doing swimming.

It is not easy for a child to swim as it requires stamina and strength, but her obstacle is not strength and stamina it is her blindness. Her determination to swimming made her strong, courageous and she fearlessly fought with it and completely eradicated her blindness from her way. She then participated in various tournaments though some with sighted players.

In her early phase of life as a swimmer, she had won several awards from many district, state levels. She hails from small town where she had many challenges like sponsorship, nutritious food, professional training, professional nutritionists etc. But still she had smiled and do regular exercise.

Career

Being a blind child is the biggest obstacle for her life but she over come this obstacle through rigorous exercise, training and motivation. She also said in an interview that at much higher levels we have several pressures and hurdles like political level, gold for team, expectation from people and many other thoughts. Fulfilling these is not an easy but having focus on your game, practice and goal is the secret to overcome these pressures and hurdles.

Kanchanmal Pande is a professional blind female swimmer. She has won several medals from many tournaments. When she was in Malaysia Para, where India did not won any medals and all eyes were on her. She faced many pressures from many. She had to compete with world class player and also win it. At that event she given all her efforts and clinched the gold. After match she was not even capable to stand.

During a national level match she was not allowed to participate as it was for swimmers aged 12 years and above and also she was blind. Authorities prohibited her as she was 11 years and blind. She then made an undertaking and competed in the tournaments. In that match she competed and completed the race in 1 hr and 14 minutes which completely shocked the authorities. These were the time, where she was at its peak.

Struggles of Pande

It has been said that those overcomes the struggles, become hero. This is true and you will realise as you read Kanchanmal Pande Biography. Her journey of overcoming is an inspiration for many.

Bad Days

When she was 15, at that time she had started losing matches at that time she had thoughts to quit swimming because several thoughts coming in her mind. At that time her family and coach had supported her a lot and helped her to overcome this bad days phase. Through her practice and training she over come and snatched gold medal in the same year.

Post Pregnancy

After winning National Championship, she told that practice was very tough and painful after pregnancy. After COVID-19 lock down swimming pool were closed, hence she was forced to use open pool for practice, though it is difficult for blind swimmer but she did not stop practice and started swimming. Her husband helped and supported her in each and every circumstances in post pregnancy. In Kanchanmal Pande Biography you are able to know about her struggles that she overcome became successful.

For other important personality biography: Click 

Comeback of Kanchanmal Pande

She is married to Vinod Desmukh . She is a Class I officer in Reserve Bank of India. She got pregnant and left swimming for almost 2 years.

It was very hard for her to left swimming also she missed Tokyo Summer Olympics 2021. After lockdown she started training for herself and return in National Swimming Championship which was held in Udaipur, Rajasthan. In that championship she won 03 Gold in S-11 events (100 mtr freestyle, 100 mtrs Backstroke, and 100 mtrs Breaststroke).

Inspiration of Kanchanmal Pande

In her journey, her family has always been supportive to her. Apart from family and friends, her guide and supporter Prashant Karmakar who is also an Arjuna Awardee also played an important role in her career. He has always supported her even in her struggle phase and helped her in her practice.

She has influence of Ian Thorpe. His struggle and success is an inspiration to her. His journey has given her confidence throughout his career of swimming.

After pregnancy she was doubting her comeback, but Mary Kom‘s comeback in the ring gave her immense inspiration to come in swimming and win gold.

Uneventful Incidence In Berlin

During Berlin Para Swimming Championship, she was returning in tram and was travelling without ticket after she was not given enough money by the PCI. She reportedly fined but she did not have money and borrow money from fellow swimmer. This incident took attention of many including Ministers and well known personality like Abhinav Bindra and many sports person.

Kanchanmal Pande’s Future

Currently, she is planning to participate in a couple of tournaments which is scheduled to be held in Australia, Germany, USA etc. She aims for World Championship and Paris Olympics 2024. It is obvious that she is aiming for Olympics but also she is working to promote blind swimmers. She has attachment with some institutions which imparts education, training and promotion to blind swimmer and players.

Success Mantra of Kanchanmal Pande

In an interview, she said that “no one should have an aimless life. There should be a task plan for each day. Planning an perseverance leads to real success“. It is her persistence, hard work and will that made her successful in this field of swimming. She is a living example for so many millions who are blind and stop themselves in achieving their dream.

Awards and Honors

In her career Kanchanmal Pande has won many awards as she had given several medals to India and contributed much in this field. Some awards of her are mentioned below:

• Parakh Khel Ratna Purskar‘ Awarded by Parakh Samaj Kalyan Sanstha, Nagpur in 2004.
• AIASHA Jagatik Kartrutwan Mahila Purskar ,2005 – All India Stri Heeth Association, Mumbai.
• EKLAVYA KRIDA PURASKAR 2008, – Govt. of Maharashtra
• “Outstanding Sportsman Special Award” 2012 –IBSA (Indian Blind Sports Association)

Honors

She has achieved various honors by many institutions and some are mentioned below:

• Featured in “The light within A Different Vision of Life” by Sipra Das
• Featured in ‘Nazar ya Nazariya’ National tele-serial by Eye way
• Featured in ‘Yeh Hai Raushni ka Karvan’ a National Radio Serial by Score Foundation.

 

Frequently asked Questions

For more information you can watch videos on Youtube