Taranath Narayan Shenoy

Taranath Narayan Shenoy, is a deaf and visually impaired Indian swimmer and an honoree of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. He is a winner of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, having successfully completed the English Channel, Catalina Channel and the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri in 1990.

Early life and career Shenoy was born deaf and his vision was impaired to the level of legal blindness at birth. He took to swimming at an early age and attempted to swim across the English Channel at the age of 23 but was denied permission as he was underweight and had high blood pressure. and has swum across the Palk Strait, Suez Canal and Nile River, Manhattan Island, Catalina Channel and Atlantic Ocean, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Strait of Dardanelles and the Cook Strait. The Government of India honoured him with the Arjuna Award the same year, and followed it up by including him in the Republic Day honours list for the civilian award of the Padma Shri in 1990. He is also a recipient of the Van Audenaerde Special Award from the English Channel Swimming Association.