Event: Men’s 200m freestyle & 4x200m freestyle relayPersonal Best: 1:51.88 (200m freestyle)CWG Record: The 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will mark Aneesh Gowda’s debut at the event.Major Achievements:
- 36th National Games 2022: Gold in the 200m freestyle with a National Games record of 1:51.88, beating Olympian Sajan Prakash in the final
- 77th Senior National Aquatic Championships: Named men’s Individual Champion, winning four gold medals
- National Aquatic Championships 2024: Gold in the 400m freestyle (3:56.59) and part of Karnataka’s winning 4x200m freestyle relay team (7:42.90)
- 38th National Games 2025: Silver in the 200m freestyle (1:52.42), finishing behind Srihari Nataraj
- Represented India at the
FINA World Junior Championships and the Asian Games in 2022
A swimmer from Karnataka, Aneesh Gowda announced himself as a teenager, upstaging seasoned campaigners like Sajan Prakash to win National Games gold in the 200m freestyle. He credited the experience of racing India’s best swimmers, rather than the medal itself, as the most valuable takeaway from that breakthrough.Today, Aneesh has emerged as one of India’s most consistent freestylers, regularly finishing on the podium behind Srihari Nataraj in the 200m free while anchoring Karnataka’s dominant relay squads. He now heads into Glasgow for his first Commonwealth Games, part of India’s five-member men’s swimming team.Career BestAneesh produced the best swim of his career at the 36th National Games in Rajkot in 2022, clocking 1:51.88 in the 200m freestyle to win gold and set a new National Games record, memorably beating Olympian Sajan Prakash in the process on his senior-level breakthrough.Commonwealth Games DebutThe 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will mark Aneesh Gowda’s debut at the event, where he will compete in the 200m freestyle and the 4x200m freestyle relay alongside teammates including Srihari Nataraj.
