Shital Mahajan

Shital Mahajan
Born 19 September 1982
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Occupation Sportsperson
Years active since 2004
Spouse(s) Vaibhav Rane
Children Two sons
Parent(s) Kamalakar Mahajan
Mamta Mahajan
Awards Padma Shri
Tensing Norgay Award
Godavary Gaurav Puraskar
Shiv Chatrapati Maharashtra State Sports Special Award
Venutai Chavan Yuva Puraskar
Website Official web site

Shital Mahajan Rane, is an Indian extreme sportsperson, skydiver and the holder of five world records 14 National records in the sport.[1] She is known as the first woman to perform first parachute jump of life without training over the Geographical North pole in minus 37 degree Celsius from 2400 ft, and first accelerated free fall jump without any trials over the Antarctica - South pole from 11,600 feet, in minus 38 degree Celsius the youngest woman to jump over both the North and South Poles,[2] and the first woman jumper to perform it without trials.[3] The Government of India honored Mahajan in 2011, with the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri.[4]

Biography

I wanted to do something different. Many women players have performed well in other sports, but none in para jumping. My achievement will inspire other girls to take up the sport, says Shital Mahajan.[5]

Shital Mahajan was born on 19 September 1982 at Pune in the Western Indian state of Maharashtra[6] to mother Mamta Mahajan house wife and father Kamalakar Mahajan, an machine worker with Tata Motors.[7][8] Her education was at the Fergusson College, Pune from where she graduated (BSc) in geology.[9][10] Inspired by the feats of a friend's brother, she took a fascination for para jumping. Her first jump was on 18 April 2004 after which she is reported to have achieved 652 jumps.[1][6][11]

Shital is married to Vaibhav Rane, a software engineer working in Finland. The solemnization of the marriage was performed on a hot air balloon, 600 feet above ground, on 19 April 2008,[10][12] a feat which has been recorded in the Limca Book of World Records. The couple has twin sons.[13]

Shital Mahajan is the founder of Phoenix Skydiving Academy, a skydiving training centre based in Pune.[14] The academy, established in 2012, provides training facilities for aspiring students and prepares students for skydiving competitions around the world.[15]

Shital Mahajan is the first woman in the world to perform a static line jump from 2400 ft over Geographic North Pole on 18th April 2004. she is a first woman in the world to perform accelerated free fall jump over the Antarctice - South Pole, which was completed on 15 December 2006. She also became the first woman to perform successful jumps over the North and South Poles, without any trials,[12] when she completed her jump over the South Pole.[9] The attempt also made her the youngest woman to achieve the feat at the age of 24.[16] The first Indian woman to perform a wing suit jump, Mahajan is a US certified A, B, C and D skydiver and trainer[1] and is the first Indian civilian woman skydiving coach.[6] shital has done skydiving from 6 different aircrafts and skydiving from verious heights from 2400 ft to 18000 ft.

Mahajan was a leader of the team that created a world record as the first team to perform free fall parachute jump over Antarctica.[1] She has also led a team of 89 Indian skydivers to achieve a record for maximum tandem jumps in one day and also 35 tandem jumps in one hour, the jumps performed on 25 August 2014 at Spain.[1][11] She is also credited with a free fall jump from a hot air ballon at 5800 feet[11] and a jump at 24000 feet.[9] shital mahajan and her husband Mr. vaibhav rane also has achieved first Indian civilian couple to get skydiving licences. as a couple shital and vaibhav has 2 National records and 1 World record. shital mahajan was part of 79 way skydiving formation in California in 2012. she was the only Asian woman who participated in that skydiving formation attempt. in total shital has 14 National and 5 World records in her credit till September 2015.[17]

Awards and recognitions

Shital Mahajan was awarded Godavary Gaurav Puraskar in 2005.[7] The same year, she received the Shiv Chatrapati Maharashtra State Sports Special Award[10] which was followed by the Venutai Chavan Yuva Puraskar.[7] In 2004, after her successful jump over the North Pole in 2004, Mahajan was awarded the Tensing Norgay Award,[10][12] making her the first civilian to receive the award.[9] In 2001, Mahajan was included the list for Republic Day honours for the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Mid Day". Mid Day. 6 September 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  2. ↑ "One India". One India. December 20, 2006. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Times Content". Times of India. December 29, 2006. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  5. ↑ "DNA India". DNA India. 26 January 2011. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 "Limca Book of World Records". Limca Book of World Records. 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 "Woodland". Woodland. 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  8. ↑ "DNA 1". DNA India. 26 December 2005. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Tribune India". Tribune India. January 20, 2007. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "NRI Internet". NRI Internet. December 9, 2006. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  11. 1 2 3 [[[:mr:शीतल महाजन|शीतल महाजन]] "Marathi Wikipedia"] Check |url= value (help). Marathi Wikipedia. 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  12. 1 2 3 "IBN LIve". IBN LIve. April 19, 2008. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Xtreme Sport 4U". Xtreme Sport 4U. 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Phoenix". Phoenix. 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Phoenix about". Phoenix. 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  16. ↑ superwoman sets new record "Sakal Times" Check |url= value (help). Sakal Times. 29 October 2011. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  17. ↑ http://www.ibnlive.com/news/sports/indias-most-unknown-sportsperson-shital-mahajan-has-broken-five-world-records-1109327.html

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