Navy Children School Student Gets Selected for Optimist World Sailing Championship in Italy

Master Adhvait Menon, a 15 year old student of Class 10 in Navy Children School (Mumbai) and son of a serving Naval Officer, Commander Prasant C Menon, has been selected to represent India at the 2021 Optimist World Sailing Championship being held at Riva Del Garda, Italy from 30 June to 10 July 2021. A promising yachtsman, Adhvait started sailing at the age of 10 and has received awards at various state and national events. He also sails Enterprise and Laser class of boats. Adhvait trains at Indian Naval Watermanship Training Centre INWTC, Mumbai alongwith the members of the Navy Sailing Team. He was the youngest participant at the 2020 YAI National Sailing Championship. An avid runner, he stood first at the 2019 Navy Mumbai Half Marathon in the under-14 boys category.