Kenisha Gupta

October 12, 2024, Evanston, IL: A meet between Northwestern Swimming and Diving and Miami Ohio at Norris Aquatic Center in Evanston, IL on Saturday, October 12, 2024. (Photo by Mary Grace Grabill/Northwestern Athletics)

Photo by: Mary Grace Grabill/Northwestern Athletics

Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Fazlani L'Académie Globale
Hometown:
Mumbai, India
Major:
Psychology

Career Highs
50 Free (23.11)
50 Fly (26.63) (Wolfpack Elite Invitational, 2024)
100 Free (50.15)
100 Fly (56.75) (Wolfpack Elite Invitational, 2024)
200 Free (1:53.47)

2022-23:

Placed fourth in the 50 and 100 free against Miami (OH) (1/7)

2021-22:

Placed sixth in the 100 free against Indiana in her collegiate debut (10/16)
Finished fifth in the 100 free versus Illinois and UIC (10/23)
Qualified for finals in the 50, 100 and 200 free at the Purdue Invitational (11/20)

High School:

Swam for Otter Dolphin Swim Team for four years
Member of the Indian National Team
Indian 100m freestyle Senior National Glenmark Aquatic Championship (open age group) record holder
2018 fastest Indian female in the open age group category
First Indian female swimmer selected for the Target Olympic Podium Scheme development group for the 2024 Olympics
Contributed to an all-time best Indian National Team performance in the 4 x 50 m freestyle mixed relay
Individual champion and the fastest female swimmer at the Junior National Glenmark Aquatic Championship 2019
Participated at the FINA World Junior Championships 2019 and the Asian age group championships in 2017 and 2019. Individual champion and eight-time gold medal winner at the South Asian Age group Championships at the age of 14

Personal:

Parents are Pradeepti and Vishal Gupta
Father played cricket in college and participated in the Harris Shield and Giles Shield tournaments
Highest scorer in the IGCSE Cambridge board exams in her school in February and March 2019
Majoring in Psychology