Kutraleeswaran biography for kids

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Kutraleeswaran Biography

Kutraleeswaran is one of the most popular and richest Swimmer who was born on November 8, 1981 in Erode, Tamil Nadu, India.

He began his swimming at the age of seven.

His first attempt was at a district level swimming contest known as the “Ribbon Meet”. It is called a ribbon meet is because the top 6 out of the 8 district level finalists get a ribbon.

Kutraleeswaran biography for kids

In that contest, he got sixth position and a ribbon. He took part in many district and state-level contests. At the age of 10, he took part in 5 km swimming competition in the sea. Though the youngest participant, he managed to get fourth place and this event was a stepping stone in his swimming career in 1991.

After completing Palk, he went on to cross the English Channel on 15 August

1. He swam across the Rottnest Channel in Australia, the Straits of Messina at Italy, and the Zannone Circeo at Italy.

   Finally, he crossed the Ten Degree Channel on 30 December 1994. Thus, he swam across