title: Karishma Karki
text: # Karishma Karki
  
  Karishma Karki (Nepali: करिश्मा कार्की) (born July 18, 1993, in Bansbari, Kathmandu, Nepal) 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.
  
  