Gaurvi Singhvi

Gaurvi Singhvi is a 16-year-old Indian swimmer, coached by Mahesh Paliwel, and a member of the Serpentine Swimming Club in London.

Open Water Swimming Highlights

• In 2017 at the age of 14, Singhvi swam 37 km from Bandra Worli sea link to the Gateway of India in 6 hours 35 minutes, becoming the first female to do so on this particular route.
• She is a district and state champion in India.
• She swam across the 33.5 km English Channel on 23 August 2019 in 13 hours 28 minutes at the age of 16 with Nick Adams, Deirdre Ward, and Kevin Blick as part of her escort crew and Paul Foreman as her escort pilot.

TEDx Talk

Story of how I became a record-holder swimmer by Gaurvi Singhvi at TEDxYouth@HGS on 14 December 2017

External links

• Gaurvi Singhvi Joins Open Water Luminaries At TED Talks
• Bhakti Sharma Joins Open Water Luminaries At TED Talks
• Gaurvi Singhvi English Channel solo swimmer aged 16
• Open Water Swimming
• Young Begets Young Across The English Channel