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Prasana Karmakar is an Indian Para swimmer.
Born on 8th December 1980, in Kolkata, India, Prasanta Karmakar is an Indian Para swimmer for over 13 years to represent India and won 37.

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India Paralympics Swimmer Prasanta Karmakar Biography Profile Career Photos

This article gives complete information on differently abled Indian swimmer Prasanta Karmakar, about his career, training, coach, personal life, and future goals.

It was a hear-warming sight to see Indian Paralympic swimmer Prasanta Karmakar winning the bronze in the 50m freestyle in 27.48 seconds, finishing behind Australian swimmer Matthew John Cowdrey and Jay Simon Miller (England). Prasanta Karmakar started quickly off the blocks at the Dr.S.P.Mukherjee Swimming Stadium, Delhi, thus having an advantage over medal-favourite Australian Benjamin Austin, whom he eventually out-swum with some powerful strokes to grab third place. His achievement created 2 records: Prasanta Karmakar is the very first Indian to win a medal in aquatics at the Commonwealth Games. He is also the first Indian ever to win a medal in aquatics at a major international competition since Khajan Singh, who ba

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Karmakar rues missed chance

India’s most successful para-swimmer Prasanta Karmakar won’t be going to the Paralympics in London, starting on Wednesday. There is a sense of disappointment after being eclipsed by a younger swimmer in the race for qualifying for the event. But Karmakar seemed more peeved at the ‘sudden cold shoulder’ given by the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI).

That has suddenly prompted a fit of gripe from Karmakar, who at 31 isn’t quite sure of having one last go at the Paralympics in four years’ time.

India had just one quota place in swimming at London. It however, went to Sharath Gayakwad after the 21-year-old achieved the ‘A’ level mark in 100m breaststroke when he

won bronze at the 2010 para-Asian Games. When Karmakar won bronze in 50m freestyle at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, he had achieved the ‘B’ standard, missing the ‘A’ mark by 0.24 seconds. He went on to win a bronze in 200m individual medley and silver in 50m freestyle at the 2010 para Asian Games.

Karmakar, however, feels he could have been given the berth ahead of Gayakwa

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Para-swimmer Prasanta Karmakar suspended for three years

NEW DELHI: Para-swimmer Prasanta Karmakar was on Thursday suspended for three years by the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) for allegedly recording videos of his female counterparts at the National Championships in Jaipur last year.
"A written complaint regarding acts of misconduct, misbehaviour and manhandling was lodged against the 2010 Commonwealth Games bronze-medallist," a PCI release said.
Karmakar allegedly asked one of his associates to film female swimmers during the event. On the objection of the parents of those swimmers, the associate told the Chairman of Para-Swimming, PCI, VK Dabas, that he was instructed by Karmakar to record the swimmers.
The PCI claims that Karmakar was himself caught recording videos of female swimmers with a tripod camera.
"Karmakar was called by the chairman wherein he, in full anger, asked the chairman and other office-bearers of the PCI why they were stopping his man from making the video. He was told that the act is being objected to by the parents of the swimmers,&