Sofia Shah

Sofia Shah
Personal information
Full name Sofia Gadegaard Shah
Nickname(s) "Sofia"
National team Nepal
Born (1997-08-09) August 9, 1997
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Weight 127 lb (58 kg)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
College team Lincoln School[1]

Sofia Gadegaard Shah (Nepali: सोफिया शाह) (born 9 August 1997) is a Nepalese swimmer.[2] Swimmer Sofia of Mid-western Region declared the best female swimmers of the 17th National Swimming Championship.[3] In 2014 she has been nominated in the Popular Player of the Year category of the Pulsar Sports Award.[4] She competed in the 50 m and 200 m freestyle events at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships. Sofia set a new national record in heat rounds of women's 200 m freestyle during the 16th FINA World Championship being held in Kazan, Russia. Sofia finished 60th position among 63 participants, completed the distance in 2 minute 18.93 second.[5]

References

  1. http://awaken-nepal.com/aditi-sofia-set-national-records-swimming/
  2. "Swimming - Member detail". Bcn2013.com. Retrieved 2013-08-10.
  3. "Sofia declared best female swimmer". My Republica. My Republica. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  4. "Sofia Shah: Popular from the pool". E Kantipur. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
  5. "Sofia sets national record in 200 m freestyle". My Republica. My Republica. Retrieved 5 August 2015. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)



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