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{{Short description|Indian canoeist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Namita Chandel
| image = Namita Chandel Seoni.jpg
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| nationality = {{IND}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|02|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Seoni]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], India
| country = [[India]]
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| sport = [[Canoe]]
| club =
| event =
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's [[sprint canoe]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Canoeing Championships|Asian Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2022 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships|2022 Rayong]]|C-4 200 m}}
}}

'''Namita Chandel''' (born 10 February 1993 in [[Seoni]]) is an Indian [[canoeist]], who won four gold medals at the National Canoe Sprint Championship in 2016<ref name="TOI">{{cite news |first=Ramendra |last=Singh |title=From small town girl to India's best canoeist |work=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/From-small-town-girl-to-Indias-best-canoeist/articleshow/50573378.cms |date=14 January 2016 |access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref> and one in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |first=Litha |last=Thampy|title=MP players clinch 6 gold medals on 4th day |work=Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/mp-players-clinch-6-gold-medals-on-4th-day/articleshow/56505978.cms |date=12 January 2017 |access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref> She represented India at the [[2022 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships]], where she was part of a bronze-winning team in the C-4 200m discipline.<ref>{{cite news |title=Namita makes Seoni proud by winning bronze in Asian C'ship |url=https://www.thehitavada.com/Encyc/2022/3/29/Namita-makes-Seoni-proud-by-winning-bronze-in-Asian-C-ship.html |work=The Hitavada |date=29 March 2022 |access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref>

==Early life==
Namita Chandel is from Chhapara,<ref name="TOI" /> a small village in [[Madhya Pradesh]], who regularly had to cross a river to attend school.<ref name="Bridge">{{cite news |first=Abhijit |last=Nair |title=Crossed river to go to school, Namita Chandel now India's canoeing star |work=The Bridge |url=https://thebridge.in/featured/crossed-river-go-school-namita-chandel-now-indias-canoening-star/ |date=8 November 2020 |access-date=3 July 2022}}</ref> She enrolled in the Madhya Pradesh water sports academy, whose only admission criterion was that the applicants know swimming, in 2011.<ref name="TOI" />

==Career==
Namita initially trained for [[kayaking]] but later switched to canoeing.<ref name="TOI" /> She represented [[India at the 2014 Asian Games|India]] in the [[2014 Asian Games]]. She won her first international medal at the Asian Canoe Sprint and Dragon Boat Championship in [[Indonesia]] in 2015.<ref name="Bridge" />

==Achievements==
* Represented India, Obstacle Slalom, [[Asian Games]], [[Incheon]], 2014
* Silver medal, Mixed 200m, Asian Canoe Sprint & Dragon Boat Championship, [[Indonesia]], 2015
* Gold medal, C-2 500m, National Canoe Sprint Championship, [[Bhopal]], 2018
* Represented India, C-1 events, [[2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships]], [[Szeged]], 2019
* 4 x Gold medals, C-4 (1000m, 500m, 200m) and C-2 (500m) events, National Canoe Sprint Championship, [[Bhopal]], 2020<ref name="ikca30th">{{cite web |url=https://www.ikca.in/30th_women_final_results_.pdf |title= 30th National Kayaking and Canoeing Sprint Senior Men and Women Championship|author= |date=16 January 2020 |publisher=Indian Kayaking and Canoeing Association |access-date=3 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703072332/https://www.ikca.in/30th_women_final_results_.pdf |archive-date=3 July 2022}}</ref>
* 3 x Gold medals, C-4 (500m) and C-2 (500m, 200m), National Canoe Sprint Championship, [[Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh|Bilaspur]], 2021<ref name="ikca31st">{{cite web |url=https://www.ikca.in/Result_-_31st_National_Canoe_Sprint_Senior_Men_&_Women_Championship_24-27_October_2021_at_Bilaspur_Himachal_Pradesh.pdf |title= 31st National Kayaking and Canoeing Sprint Senior Men and Women Championship|author= |date=27 October 2021 |publisher=Indian Kayaking and Canoeing Association |access-date=3 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703073834/https://www.ikca.in/Result_-_31st_National_Canoe_Sprint_Senior_Men_&_Women_Championship_24-27_October_2021_at_Bilaspur_Himachal_Pradesh.pdf |archive-date=3 July 2022}}</ref>
* Gold medal - C-2 (5000m), 2 x Silver medals - C-2 (500m, 200m) and Bronze medal - C-4 (200m), National Canoe Sprint Championship, Bhopal, 2022<ref name="ikca32nd">{{cite web |url=https://www.ikca.in/32nd_Canoe_Sprint_Result_.pdf |title= 32nd National Kayaking and Canoeing Sprint Senior Men and Women Championship|author= |date=13 March 2022 |publisher=Indian Kayaking and Canoeing Association |access-date=3 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703074608/https://www.ikca.in/32nd_Canoe_Sprint_Result_.pdf |archive-date=3 July 2022}}</ref>
* Bronze medal, C-4 (200m), [[2022 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships|Asian Canoe Sprint Championships]], [[Rayong]], 2022

== References ==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian female canoeists]]
[[Category:Canoeists at the 2014 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games competitors for India]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]

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