Shruti Kotwal

Shruti Kotwal

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Personal information
Nationality	Indian
Born	2 December 1991 (1991-12-02) (age 33) Pune, Maharashtra, India
Alma mater	Fergusson College
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Speed skating
Medal record Women's short track speed skating Representing India South Asian Games Gold medal – first place 2011 Dehradun and Auli 500 m Gold medal – first place 2011 Dehradun and Auli 1000 m

Shruti Kotwal (born 2 December 1991) is an Indian ice speed skater. She is the country's first professional female ice skater.

Biography

Kotwal was born and brought up in Pune, Maharashtra, India. When she was seven years old she began roller-skating and held national gold medals in the sport before changing to ice-skating. At the South Asia Championship in 2011 she secured gold medals in the categories of 500m, 1000m and 1500m. The following year, 2012, she received a scholarship from the International Skating Union, which enabled her to travel to Germany for speed skating training under Canadian skater Jeremy Wotherspoon. In 2017 she represented India at the Asian Winter Games. In 2014 she broke the national record she had previously set herself in the 500 metre speed skating event. She holds 5 gold medals from the Indian National Ice-Skating Championships and a bronze medal from the National Winter Games.