Vaishnavi Vinod Jagtap born in Satara, Maharashtra, India on November 27, 2001. At the time of birth, She was having weight 3 ¼ pound which less than normal (5 pound) weight of newly born baby. Her spinal cord failed to develop properly, while in the womb. She was diagnosed with disease named as “spina bifida with mylomenigocele”. This disease affects body parts waist down, resulting in loss of strength and sense in that region. She undergone first Spinal Cord Surgery at the age of 5 months (March 2002). Due to some limitations in recovery, she had to face another surgery at the age of three years. Dr, Charudatta Apte (Neurosurgeon), conducted his second surgery in 2004 at Sahyadri Hospital, Pune. In short, she suffered from major surgeries in her early childhood. The doctors prescribed physiotherapy and she began taking swimming lessons when she was four years old.

        Her parents Uma & Vinod left no stone unturned in the hope that she would start walking on her own feet one day. But, since she developed an interest in swimming, she has never looked back. She started to take part in locally organized swimming competitions. Every day practice was improving her swimming skills day-by-day.