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{{short description|Indian swimmer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Kanchanmala Pande
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = Kanchanmala Pande
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1990|12|31}}
| birth_place = [[Amravati]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| height =
| weight =
| sport = [[Swimming (sport)|Swimming]]
| position = World champion 2017 IPC para world championship Mexico City
| disability = Visually Impaired
| disability_class = S11, SB11, SM11
| event = [[Breaststroke]], Backstroke, Freestyle and [[Individual medley]]
| highest_ranking =
| date_of_highest_ranking =
| current_ranking =
| date_of_current_ranking =
| country = India
| handedness =
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}
{{MedalSport|Women's [[Para-swimming classification|Para-Swimming]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IDM Berlin]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2015 German Swimming Championships|2017 Mexico City]] |Women's 200m IM}}
}}
'''Kanchanmala D Pande''' is a blind international female [[swimmer]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://presidentofindia.nic.in/sp181113.html? |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506113017/http://presidentofindia.nic.in/sp181113.html |archive-date=6 May 2014 |title=SPEECH BY THE PRESIDENT ON THE PRESENTATION OF THE BOOK 'THE LIGHT WITHIN' BY MS. SIPRA DAS |location=Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi |date=18 November 2013 |website=The President of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/Guangzhouparagames/2010-12/14/content_11700479.htm |title=Indian whiz at home in the pool |first=Sun |last=Xiaochen |work=China Daily |date=2010-12-14 |access-date=7 May 2024}}</ref> She has won several medals at international, National and State level since she was a child. Her current medal tally stands at 120 including 115 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze at international, national and state levels. She has competed successfully with sighted swimmers at all levels.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlaAqlT9R9E |title=Nazar Ya Nazariya Episode 10 Sports & Recreation |via=YouTube |publisher=Eyeway India |date=November 22, 2013}}</ref>

Pande has won eleven international medals, including the world championship in 2017 at Mexico apart from participation in [[Commonwealth Games]], 2006 at Australia,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://melbourne2006.com.au/Participants/Participants?ID=106091 |title=PANDE Kanchanmala |website=Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060830150913/http://melbourne2006.com.au/Participants/Participants?ID=106091 |archive-date=30 August 2006 |access-date=6 May 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/.../article3054348.ece?|title = Rich hauls by Indians|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 29 November 2006}}</ref> [[FESPIC Games]] 2006 at Malaysia,<ref>http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/.../2010-12/.../content_11700479.htm? {{Dead link|date=February 2022 |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> Para-Asian games 2010, at China and numerous other tournaments.
She has always been a<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leJOqO2-zUs |title=Nazar Ya Nazariya Episode 10 Sports & Recreation Short Version with Subtitle |via=YouTube |publisher=Eyeway India |date=22 November 2013}}</ref> gold medalist at national and state levels.
She has made a remarkable comeback after her maternity by winning three golds in the national championship and intends to participate in forthcoming national and international tournaments including Asian para games.
She is class I officer in the Reserve Bank of India

==Honours and awards==
Kanchanmala has been honored with numerous awards, including:

* NCPEDP-Mindtree Special jury Helen Keller award 2021.

* The National award for Persons with Disabilities in the best sports person category on 3 December 2018, at the hands of Vice President of India Shree Venkaiah Naidu.

* Featured in "The light within A Different Vision of Life" by Sipra Das {{ISBN|9789381523629}}

* Featured in ‘Nazar ya Nazariya’ National tele-serial by Eye way, and ‘Yeh Hai Raushni ka Karvan’ a National Radio Serial by Score Foundation.

* "Outstanding Sportsman Special Award" Awarded by IBSA (Indian Blind Sports Association) New Delhi on 10 Jan. 2012.

* "ASPIRE Talent Award 2009" Awarded by H.R.D. Minister Shri Kapil Sibble at Gurgaon (New Delhi) on 27 Aug. 2009.

* EKLAVYA KRIDA PURASKAR 2008, Awarded by Govt. of Maharashtra State (at the hand of Governor of Maharashtra Shri Jamir) On 2 Aug. 2009

* "Neelam Kanga Award 2009" Awarded at Mumbai by Dy. Chief Minister Shri Chhagan Bhujbal on 19 Jan. 2009.

* Krida Ratna Purskar 2006, Awarded by Commissioner, Amravati Municipal Corporation, Amravati on 29 March 2006.

* AIASHA Jagatik Kartrutwan Mahila Purskar 2005, Awarded by All India Stri Heeth Association, Mumbai.

* March 2004 'Parakh Khel Ratna Purskar' Awarded by Parakh Samaj Kalyan Sanstha, Nagpur.

* 26 January 2003 Awarded by Vilasrao Balkrushna Patil, Minister Maharashtra state & Palak Mantri.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.paralympic.org/kanchanmala-pande |title=Kanchanmala Pande |newspaper=International Paralympic Committee |publisher=Paralympic Movement |access-date=2019-12-03}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian female swimmers]]
[[Category:Indian blind people]]
[[Category:1990 births]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]
[[Category:People from Amravati]]
[[Category:FESPIC Games competitors]]

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