Karishma Karki


Karishma Karki is a Nepali Olympian swimmer.
Karki participated in the Beijing Olympics in 2008. She had already created a Nepali national record by winning 12 gold medals at the Fifth National Games. She was awarded the Best Female Player Of The Year by Nepal Sports Journalist Federation in 2009. She also participated in 9th South Asian Games held in Pakistan.

Family

Her father, Ishwor Karki is the head coach for the Nepali swimming team. She has three siblings, Kishor Karki and Kristina Karki, who were national level swimmers, and a younger brother, Kiran Karki, who at the age of 9 was already a participant in this year’s games.

Gold Medals won at Fifth National Games

200m breast-stroke

100m butterfly

50m backstroke

100m freestyle

200m freestyle

200m backstroke

50m butterfly

Women’s relay

200m individual medley

100m backstroke

100m breaststroke

50m freestyle

Education

Karishma received her undergraduate degree in architecture engineering from Khwopa Engineering College.