January 13

Year

Events

2015

Bhakti Sharma made world record in swimming  Indian Swimmer Bhakti Sharma made a world record by swimming 1.4 miles in 52 minutes in one degree at Antarctic Ocean. She is an open water swimmer. After beating earlier record holder Lewis Pugh of Britain and Lynne Cox of America, she became first Indian to hold this record. She also became the youngest and the first Asian girl to have achieved this success and has now conquered all the five oceans of the world.