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Kushagra is a swimmer from IND, a distance freestyler and an international traveller on the circuit, whose official competitive record spans 9 seasons, 10 years, 14 countries and 39 meets.
His recorded career begins in 2017 in Singapore, where he raced the 100 freestyle in 53.66.
His signature event is the 400 freestyle, the event he has raced the most, followed by the 1500 freestyle and 800 freestyle. Freestyle is the backbone of the whole record: 39 meets and 117 recorded swims.
His best 400 freestyle time in long course (50 m) is 3:53.45, set in 2022 at Australian National Championships (50m).
His record includes world championships, between 2019 and 2025 (18th FINA World Championships 2019 and 15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) 2021). A representative mark at that level is 3:49.04 in the 400 freestyle, recorded in short course (25 m). He also appears in the World Cup circuit, continental championships, national championships and international meets.
After a 2-year break between 2019 and 2021, he came back to racing and the record picks up again in 2021. 2019 is the busiest season on record, with 25 verified individual swims.
He is a genuinely international swimmer: the official record spans 14 countries (IND, Singapore, the United States, China, the United Kingdom, Australia, Spain, Hungary, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Monaco, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates), including 24 of 39 meets outside IND.
Those meets span 30 different venues (Singapore, Ahmedabad, Birmingham and Mission Viejo…). He has raced for India, Delhi and IND.
Still active: the directory includes official activity in the 2026 season. Latest competition: 79th Senior National Aquatics Championships 2026 (50m) in Ahmedabad, on June 21, 2026, with 1 swim: 3:59.70 in the 400 freestyle, all in long course (50 m). He holds 12 current event personal bests and 37 all-time PB improvements across 118 verified official swims in competitions governed by World Aquatics.