Mangalorean Girl Wins Gold Medal at The 33rd South Zone Aquatic Championship 2022

Mangalorean girl Rianna Dhrithi Fernandes, student of Class 8 at Lady Hill Victoria Girls’ High School, has won the gold medal in the 200-metre breast stroke at the 33rd South Zone Aquatic Championship in Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) on December 27. The championship began on December 27 and will end on December 29.

Rianna clocked 2:49.53 to create a new meet record. She beat the record set by Rachana Rao, who is also from Mangalore, in the same championship, in 2017. Rianna is being coached by Lokraj Vitla at We One Aqua Centre, St. Aloysius swimming pool, Mangalore.