Swapnali Yadav was a twelve-year-old Andheri girl who became the youngest-ever to win the women's category in the Kimberley National Lake Argyle Swim in Kununurra, Western Australia

Australia

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. Besides being the youngest, she is also the first India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n to win the event. She has been given the title of 'Little Mermaid' in the world of swimming.
The Andheri lass had won the first Kimberley National Lake Argyle Swim that was held on April 30 in Australia's second-biggest artificial lake.

Swapnali was a special invitee for the 20 km Open swim in the 80 km picturesque lake, which is infested by about 35,000 crocodiles. She took 7 hours, 7 minutes and 24 seconds to finish overall second.

The feat also earned her a place in the Limca Book of Records

Limca Book of Records

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. She is being trained by Raju Palkar.

She also won the 10-mile course for female youth (under-18) at the prestigious Kingdom Aquafest that was held on the shores of Lake Memphremagog

Lake Memphremagog

Lake Memphremagog is a fresh water glacial lake located between Newport, Vermont, United States and Magog, Quebec, Canada. The lake is long with 73 percent of the lake's surface area in Quebec, where it drains into the Magog River. However, three-quarters of its watershed, , is in Vermont. The...

, in the heart of Northeast Kingdom, Newport

Newport

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, Vermont

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, USA on Saturday, July 24.

She added the Kingdom Aquafest effort to the outstanding performances as the youngest-ever in the world in the 2007 Open World Swimming

Swimming (sport)

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 Marathon

Marathon

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 and the 30 km Messinikos Gulf Swim in 2008-09, both in Greece

Greece

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, and the 2009 Bermuda Round the Sound Open Swimathon, to announce her arrival in international swimming.