Naresh Kalwaniya

Naresh Kalwaniya (born 15 August 1999) is an Indian rower from Rajasthan. He is named in the Indian rowing team for the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China. He competes in the men's eight event. He was part of the team that won the silver medal in the men's quadruple sculls at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.

The Indian team consisted of Neeraj Maan, Naresh Kalwaniya, Neetish Kumar, Charanjeet Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Punit Kumar and Ashish Guliyan. Dhananjay Pande was the coxswain of the team. All the Indian team members are from the Indian Army and have trained at the Army Rowing Node facility in Pune for over a year.

Early life
Naresh hails from a farmers family in Amarsar town, Jaipur district, Rajasthan. To support the family he joined Army. The rifleman did well in the first two years in the domestic events and got selected for the Asian team.

Career

 * 2023: Silver medal at the Men's eight at the 2022 Asian Games.
 * 2023: Men's coxed four in the Rowing World Cup, Zagreb.