Nayana Shakya, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Nayana Shakya

Olympic swimmer

Date of Birth: 10-May-1982

Place of Birth: Kathmandu, Central Region, Nepal

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: Nepal

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Nayana Shakya

  • Nayana Shakya (Nepali: ???? ?????) (born May 10, 1982) is a Nepalese former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.
  • Shakya qualified for the women's 100 m breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 1:34.99.
  • She challenged seven other swimmers in heat one, including Bolivia's Katerine Moreno, who competed at her third Olympics since 1988.
  • She posted a lifetime best of 1:32.92 to edge out Rwanda's Pamela Girimbabazi for a seventh seed by nearly 18 seconds.
  • Shakya failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed forty-seventh overall in the preliminaries.She was also a member of the Nepal basketball team until 2014.

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