Dhinidhi Desinghu

Dhinidhi Desinghu (born 17 May 2010) is an Indian swimmer from Karnataka. She specialises in 200m freestyle. She also competes in 100m freestyle and 200m individual medley. She qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics at Paris in the women's 200m freestyle event as she received a Universality Quota place. She was India's youngest athlete at the Paris Games. She was also the youngest Indian athlete at the 2022 Asian Games.

Early life and education Desinghu was born on 17 May 2010 in Bangalore. She studies in Kendriya Vidyalaya DRDO, CV Raman Nagar, Bengaluru.

Career Desinghu started swimming as a leisure activity in 2018. Soon, she was spotted and took to competitive swimming. She trains under coach B. M. Madhu Kumar of Dolphin Aquatics. She was in limelight in 2023, setting a national record at the Junior and Sub-Junior National Aquatic Championship in 100m freestyle, and went on to get two more records in 200m freestyle and 200m individual medley. She also won seven gold medals at the National Games in Goa and took part in the World Championships at Doha.

Awards and honours +YearAwardCategoryResultRef(s)2025Rashtriya Bal PuraskarHighest civilian honour for children