# Nayana Shakya

_Nepalese swimmer_

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Last updated: 2026-10-31

> Nayana Shakya (Nepali: नयना शाक्य) (born May 10, 1982) is a Nepalese former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. Shakya qualified for the women's 100 m breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 1:34.99. She challenged seven other swimmers in heat one, including Bolivia's Katerine Moreno, who competed at her third Olympics since 1988. She posted a lifetime best of 1:32.92 to edge out Rwanda's Pamela Girimbabazi for a seventh seed by nearly 18 seconds. Shakya failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed forty-seventh overall in the preliminaries.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 10 May 1982 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16222041#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Kathmandu ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16222041#P19))
- **Citizenship:** Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16222041#P27))
- **Occupation:** swimmer ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16222041#P106))

## About

She was also a member of the Nepal basketball team until 2014.

## Questions

**When was Nayana Shakya born?**  
Nayana Shakya was born on 10 May 1982 in Kathmandu.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Nayana Shakya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nayana_Shakya) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q16222041](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16222041) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

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