Dhinidhi Desinghu

Dhinidhi Desinghu (17 May 2010) is an Indian swimmer from Karnataka, supported by OGQ. She specialises in 200m freestyle. She also competes in 100m freestyle and 200m individual medley. She qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics at Paris in the women's 200m freestyle event as she received a University Quota place. She will be India's youngest athlete at Paris. She was also the youngest Indian athlete at the 2022 Asian Games.

Early life and education
Desinghu is from Bangalore. She is studying Class 9 at Kendriya Vidyalaya DRDO, CV Raman Nagar, Bangalore.

Career
Desinghu started swimming as a leisure activity just before Covid in 2018. Soon, she was spotted and took to competitive swimming. She trains under coach B. M. Madhu Kumar of Dolphin Aquatics. She was in limelight in 2023, setting a National record at the Junior and Sub-Junior National Aquatic Championship in 100m freestyle and went on to get two more records in 200m freestyle and 200m individual medley. She also won seven gold medals at the National Games in Goa and took part in the World Championships at Doha. In 2024, she also won gold at the Karnataka Mini Olympics and Karnataka Junior and Sub-Junior Aquatic Championship.

In July 2023, she won a gold at the 76th Senior National Aquatic Championships in women's 200m freestyle. She also won a gold at the 54th Singapore National Age Group in 200m freestyle in March 2024.