Fighting against odds: Bhakti Sharma at TEDxNMIMS

Bhakti Sharma along with mother Leena Sharma set a world record of being the first daughter and mother to cross the English Channel swim relay. 19-year-old Bhakti and her 43-year-old mother Leena Sharma achieved the feat with Priyanka Gehlot, 20, from Jodhpur. By doing so the female trio from Rajasthan became the first team of three swimmers in Asia to cross the English Channel in 16 hours and 19 minutes. She is the youngest female swimmer in the world to swim across seven seas including 4 oceans. She accomplished fantastic feat of crossing the English Channel from Shakespeare Beach, Dover England to Callisport, France. Bhakti and her mother Leena Sharma have been awarded Gr8! Women of the Year in recently held The Kelvinator Gr8! Women's Award 2012 function held on 15th February at Andheri, Mumbai.

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