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{{short description|Indian adventurer}}
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| birth_place = [[Pune]], India
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| known_for = Endurance cycling
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'''Vedangi Kulkarni''' (born 1998) is an Indian endurance cyclist. In 2018 at the age of 20, she became the youngest woman to cycle the globe.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/cycling/indias-vedangi-kulkarni-becomes-the-fastest-asian-to-cycle-the-globe/articleshow/67214860.cms|title=India's Vedangi Kulkarni becomes the fastest Asian to cycle the globe - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2019-01-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/sports/other-sports/indian-woman-vedangi-kulkarni-becomes-the-fastest-asian-to-cycle-the-globe/articleshow/67215722.cms|title=साइकल से दुनिया का चक्कर लगाने वाली सबसे तेज एशियाई महिला बनी वेदांगी कुलकर्णी|date=2018-12-23|website=Navbharat Times|language=hi|access-date=2019-01-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.apnnews.com/indias-vedangi-kulkarni-becomes-fastest-asian-to-cycle-the-globe/|title=India's Vedangi Kulkarni becomes fastest Asian to cycle the globe|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/women/on-a-roll/2018/12/25/pune-girl-becomes-fastest-asian-cycle-around-the-world.html|title=Pune girl becomes fastest Asian to cycle around the world|website=OnManorama|language=en|access-date=2019-01-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://road.cc/content/news/253771-bournemouth-university-student-becomes-fourth-fastest-woman-and-youngest-cycle|title=Bournemouth University student becomes fourth fastest woman - and the youngest - to cycle round the world|date=2018-12-26|website=road.cc|language=en|access-date=2019-01-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/nigdi-girl-cycles-around-the-globe-in-159-days/articleshow/67221848.cms|title=Nigdi girl cycles around the globe in 159 days - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2019-01-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/167583/pune-girl-fastest-asian-cycle-around-globe-record/|title=Once Chased by a Grizzly Bear, Pune Girl Becomes Fastest Asian to Cycle Around the Globe!|date=2018-12-24|website=The Better India|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.in/this-woman-cyclist-from-pune-india-is-the-fastest-in-asia-to-ride-across-the-globe-in-just-159-days/articleshow/67228107.cms|title=This woman cyclist from Pune, India is the fastest in Asia to ride across the globe in just 159 days|website=Business Insider|access-date=2019-01-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Mathew|first=Sunalini|date=2019-01-28|title=This Indian woman is the youngest to cycle around the world|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/fitness/indian-woman-youngest-to-cycle-around-the-world-in-159-days/article26110355.ece|access-date=2021-01-01|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Kulkarni comes from [[Pune]], India. She studies sports management at [[Bournemouth University]], United Kingdom.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/vedangi-kulkarni-cycling-record-5507109/|title=Pune girl Vedangi Kulkarni becomes fastest Asian woman to cycle around the globe|date=2018-12-25|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-01-01}}</ref>

== Record attempt ==
Preparations for the record attempt began in 2016. The journey began in [[Perth]], Australia in June 2018 and ended in Kolkata, India. It involved cycling a total of 29,000 km in 159 days, pedalling over 300 km a day, spanning 14 countries.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/news/india/punes-vedangi-kulkarni-becomes-the-fastest-asian-to-cycle-the-globe/articleshow/67215444.cms|title=Pune's Vedangi Kulkarni becomes the fastest Asian to cycle the globe|last=Dec 23|first=PTI {{!}} Updated|last2=2018|website=Mumbai Mirror|access-date=2019-01-01|last3=Ist|first3=13:18}}</ref> Some hurdles she faced along the journey involved being chased by a grizzly bear in Canada, camping alone for multiple nights in the Russian snow, and being robbed at knife-point in Spain. She did not have anyone accompanying her for 80 percent of the journey. Kulkarni encountered temperatures ranging from -20 degrees Celsius to 37 degrees Celsius.<ref name=":0" />

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Ultra-distance cyclists]]
[[Category:People from Pune]]
[[Category:Indian female cyclists]]
[[Category:1998 births]]

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>Vishalsoam1 at 12:42, 1 January 2021