Prabhat Koli

Prabhat Raju Koli (born 27 July 1999) is an Indian open water swimmer based in Mumbai. In 2018, Koli was awarded with the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award, which was presented by Ramnath Kovind, the President of India. He was also awarded with Shiv Chhatrapati Award by the Maharashtra government.

Swimming In 2016, Koli participated in the India National Open Water Swimming Competition in West Bengal. He has swum around the Isle of Jersey; across the English Channel; in the Cape Town, South Africa, Langban Swim; from Robben Islandin to Blouberg, South Africa; from Landudno to Campus Bay, South Africa; across the Catalina Channel in California; across the Molokai Channel in Hawaii. He participated in the , 20 Bridges Swim in New York; swam across the , from Lindau, Germany, to Rorschach, Switzerland; across the Tsugaru Strait in Japan; across the North Channel; and across the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco.

Honours Koli has won awards for being:

The youngest swimmer of the Triple Crown of Open Water. The first Asian swimmer to swim from Germany to Switzerland. The first swimmer to swim along the Cape Town coast in South Africa. The first Asian swimmer to swim in the mainland in Anacapa.