Nethra Kumanan

Nethra Kumanan was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Her father V. C. Kumanan is an entrepreneur who runs an IT company and her mother Sreeja Kumanan is a HR Professional. Nethra attended Patasala Montessori School up to Standard 6 and studied at The School, KFI (Krishnamurti Foundation of India) till Standard 10. She also attended the National Institute of Schooling (NIOS) to finish her 12th level. This helped her to stay focused on her sailing training. Nethra has recently completed her B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from SRM University, Vadapalani campus. She is now pursuing her MBA. Earlier, she joined Anna University and took up Mechanical Engineering under the sports quota in 2017 but had to drop out after a year to prepare for the Asian Games. Co-curricular activities In her formative years, she learnt a lot of arts and sports and won many trophies. These include Bharatanatyam which she learnt for about six years under her guru Alarmel Valli, a leading Indian Classical dancer and choreographer, a Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awardee. She was an avid arts person and has won trophies at Global Art International Competitions held in Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia in various years. She also learnt Kalaripayattu, mountain biking, tennis, skating, basketball, swimming and was also good in her academics. She started learning to sail at a summer class in 2010 at Tamil Nadu Sailing Association's 'Summer Sailing Camp'. == Career ==

Nethra is the first Indian woman to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for the sailing sport. At her maiden Olympics, she finished 35th overall and was 15th in the third race of the Laser Radial category for women out of 44 participants. Earlier in January 2020, Nethra Kumanan became the first Indian woman to win a bronze medal at the Hempel Sailing World Cup Series, in Miami, U.S.A. She has also won over 20 medals at national and international sailing championships and trained at India, Israel, Hungary, Denmark and Spain. Nethra has represented India at the Asian Games in 2014 in South Korea and in 2018 in Jakarta where she finished seventh and fifth respectively. == Past performances ==

Olympics World Championships Asian Games Asian Championships Class European Championships World Cup, Princess Sophy, etc. Class Championships Juniors == References ==