Prasanta Karmakar

Prasana Karmakar is an Indian Para swimmer. He won 2 Bronze medals in 2014 Incheon Asian Games. He is also known for representing India as the swimming team coach for 2016 RIO Paralympic games.

Early life He was born in 1980 or 1981 Karmakar is known to be the Indian swimmer at the 2009 IWAS World Games held in Bangalore winning 4 Gold, 2 Silver and 1 Bronze medal.

At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, he won a bronze medal which was India's first ever medal in aquatics at the Commonwealth Games. In the 2010 Asian Para Games in Guangzhou in China, he won a silver medal at 50m Freestyle and a bronze medal in the 200m Individual Medley. Prasanta also won a bronze in the 50m Backstroke in the S9 category at the 2010 International German Swimming Championships for Athletes with a Disability in Berlin, Germany. Karmakar won 2 bronze medal in 2014 Incheon Asian Para games in 100 meter Breast stroke and 4 × 100meter freestyle relay. It was reported that Karmakar opted out of the Paralympics in London to make way for Sharath Gayakwad.

In March 2018, Karmakar was suspended for three years by Paralympic Committee of India for reportedly capturing video clips of female swimmers. He was supported by GoSports Foundation, a sports non profit organisation that aims to promote sporting excellence in India.