Mohammad Shams Alam Shaikh from Gurugram is an international level swimmer who has been competing in para-sports since 2012. He recently won three medals in the 20th National Para-Swimming Championship.
“It was very early on in life that I developed an interest in swimming. I remember there were so many villagers who would ask me how and why I am swimming but it was something that I enjoyed doing and therefore continued with it,” he recollects.