Poorva Shetye

Another reason is Poorva’s father who was very inclined into sports. He himself played many sports like Table Tennis, Chess and Carrom. In the beginning, Poorva did not like swimming much but her sister loved it, she even started swimming in state level championships and became a national level diver. Her sister is the biggest inspiration to Poorva, she wanted to become like her and even she motivated her a lot to take up swimming seriously.

Poorva completed her Bachelor's degree in Commerce. She graduated from Shri Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain College with a Master in Business Administration Degree in 2016 with a distinction. She receives immense support from her college especially from Shankar sir and also from the Chairman, Chenraj sir who provided her with all the necessary scholarships. She worked for two years as Operations Head at JGI GrassRoots, a venture set up by Jain University in Bangalore.

Poorva was awarded Maharashtra government's most prestigious "Shiv Chhatrapati Award" in 2008 by the then Chief Minister, Prithviraj Chavan.

Poorva Shetye won one gold and silver medal in her first International participation in South Asian Swimming Championship - 2006, Islamabad. Thereafter she participated in many national tournaments and won 30 Gold, 22 Silver and 6 Bronze Medals. She has also participated in 29th World University Championships, Gwangju, South Korea, 15th FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Barcelona Spain, |XIX Commonwealth Game, Delhi,2010. Poorva is a student of Jain University located in Bangalore. She is currently pursuing her Masters of Analytics from RMIT, Melbourne, Australia.

Poorva Kiran Shetye (born 12 March 1993), is an Indian International Swimmer, who is specialized in 50 m, 100 m and 200 m breaststroke. Poorva still holds the National Record at the National Games for 50 m Breast Stroke.