Nisha Millet
About
Nisha Millet is a Bangalore-based Swimmer who was the only woman in the swimming team for India at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Nisha represented India at the World Swimming Championship in 1998 and 2004 and the Asian Games in 1998. She was the only Indian to qualify for 200-metre freestyle swimming at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Millet holds the record for the highest number of individual medals by any Indian athlete in nationals; she also has won 14 Gold medals in the Manipur National Games.
Currently the director and head coach of Nisha Millet's Swimming Academy, the institute has 12 centres and 25 coaches in Bangalore. The academy has trained over 6000 swimmers of all ages (1-84 years).
Awards and Accomplishments
Awards and Accomplishments
She has received multiple awards like ‘Arjuna Award’ (2000), Prime Minister’s award for ‘Best Sportswoman Of The National Games’ (1997 & 1999), ‘Rajyotsava Award’ (2001), & ‘Karnataka State Ekalavya Award’ (2003). She won the highest number of Gold medals (14) at the Manipur National Games in 1991.
Nisha held the national record in the 200m & 400m freestyle for 15 years. She also is the first Indian swimmer to break the one-minute barrier in the 100m freestyle.
While at the sub-junior level, Nisha won all five freestyle gold medals at the Senior National Level & beat India’s top swimmers.
Why Nisha Millet ?
Nisha is a Brand Consultant for ‘Speedo Swimwear’ and a liaison for Speedo’s athlete sponsorship program. She is a founding member of ‘The Banglore Political Action Committee’ along with Mohandas Pai and Kiran Majumdar Shaw.
Moreover, she conducts corporate motivational programmes at large corporates such as Ernst & Young, HCL, Target, Infosys and Accenture.
