Pragnya Mohan

Pragnya Mohan is an Indian triathlete from Ahmedabad, Gujarat. In 2019, she became the first triathlete to represent India in the triathlon World Cup. She is the current South Asian triathlon champion, multiple times national champion and has won gold medals at the South Asian Games and the National Games.

Pragnya Mohan
Personal information
National team India
Born1994
Home townAhmedabad, Gujarat
EducationCA, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Sport
Country India
SportTriathlon
Medal record
Women's triathlon
Representing  India
South Asian Games
2019 PokharaMixed Relay
2019 PokharaIndividual

In 2015, she was decorated with the Eklavya Award (Senior), the highest state sports award. She is also a qualified Chartered accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Early life

Mohan was born in 1994,[1] in the western Indian state of Gujarat. She started competitive swimming at the age of eight. She later started running in the middle school and cycling in the high school. She has won a total of 124 state championship medals in various disciplines. She won the bronze medal in the sub-junior national aquathlon (swimming and running multi-sport) in 2008.[2] In December 2013, she won the gold medal in the women's category of 24th Gujarat State Aquathlon qualifying for the 2014 Senior National Triathlon Championship.[3]

Career

Mohan won the gold medal in the 2014 Senior National Triathlon Championship held at Nashik, Maharashtra.[4] Subsequently she clinched a silver medal at her maiden international meet - 2014 South Asian Triathlon Championship held at Pokhara, Nepal.[5]

While representing her home state Gujarat, she won a gold medal in the 2015 National Games held at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala from 31 January to 14 February 2015.[6] In August 2015, the Government of Gujarat in light of Mohan's exceptional performance at national and international level, conferred her with its highest state sports award, the Eklavya Award (Senior).[7]

She started the year 2018 by finishing second in the 2018 Senior National Triathlon Championship held at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.[8] Thereafter she won the silver medal in the 2018 South Asian Triathlon Championship held at Pokhara, Nepal.[9]

Mohan began the year 2019 with winning the 2019 South Asian Triathlon Championship held at Pokhara, Nepal.[10] This performance was her best performance at an international event. With this she qualified and participated in the 2019 Triathlon World Cup held at Madrid, Spain on 5 May 2019.[11] She became the first triathlete to represent India at the World Cup.[12] She went to win the 2019 Senior National Triathlon Championship held at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.[13]

She participated in the 2019 South Asian Games held at Nepal from 1–10 December 2019. Battling stomach cramps, she won the bronze medal in women’s triathlon individual category on 2 December 2019.[14] Two days later, she led the opening leg of the Indian triathlon mixed relay team. Her strong performance of being the fastest amongst the female triathletes led the Indian team to a comfortable gold medal.[15]

Personal life

Mohan is a qualified Chartered accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Only after completing the course requirements and the final exam in the second half of 2017, did she plunge into training for triathlon full time. While her hometown is in Ahmedabad, she mainly trains in Australia and Spain under the guidance of international coaches.[2][16]

She had traveled to Melbourne, Australia in March 2020 to train. However as of July 2020 she was stuck there due to the COVID-19 lockdowns.[17]

References
  1. "Athlete Profile: Pragnya Mohan". triathlon.org. World Triathlon. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  2. "24 વર્ષીય પ્રજ્ઞા મોહન 3 કલાક 6 મિનિટમાં ટ્રાયથ્લોન પૂર્ણ કરી ફરીવાર નેશનલ ચેમ્પિયનશિપ જીતી". Divya Bhaskar (in Gujarati). 2 September 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  3. "Pragnya's golden shine". The Times of India. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  4. Singh, Shweta (22 January 2014). "City girl Pragnya wins national triathlon". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  5. Singh, Shweta (6 April 2014). "Gujarat girls rule South Asian Triathlon Championship". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  6. "Gujarat and Services grab triathlon honours". National Games Kerala 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  7. "City's Sports stars felicitated for excellence". Ahmedabad Mirror. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  8. "Senior National Triathlon Championship: Pragnya Mohan settles for silver medal". Ahmedabad Mirror. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  9. "City athlete wins silver at South Asian triathlon". The Times of India. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  10. "અમદાવાદની પ્રજ્ઞાએ સાઉથ એશિયન ટ્રાયથ્લોનમાં ગોલ્ડ મેળવ્યો". Sandesh (in Gujarati). 1 May 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  11. Das, Soumitra (5 May 2019). "This is my best performance at an international event: Pragnya Mohan". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  12. Cernuda, Olalla (14 May 2019). "India makes its debut in the World Cup circuit with Pragnya Mohan". World Triathlon. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  13. "સિટીની ગર્લ ટ્રાયથ્લોનમાં નેશનલ ચેમ્પિયન બની". Sandesh (in Gujarati). 8 September 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  14. "Against All Odds". Ahmedabad Mirror. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  15. "No pain for a golden gain". Ahmedabad Mirror. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  16. "પ્રજ્ઞા મોહને સાઉથ એશિયન ગેમ્સમાં વિમેન્સમાં બ્રોન્ઝ- મિક્સ્ડ ટીમ ઈવેન્ટમાં ગોલ્ડ જીત્યો". Divya Bhaskar (in Gujarati). 17 December 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  17. Das, Soumitra (10 July 2020). "Melbourne's reimposed lockdown, can't come back now: Pragnya Mohan". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
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