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<div>{{Short description|Indian sailor}}<br />
''' Thakkar,''' born on 10th February 1995 in [[Tamil Nadu]], is an Indian [[Sailing (sport)|professional sailor]]. He is currently representing India at the international sailing events in the 49er class of the boat category.<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|url=https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/when-average-student-varun-thakkar-found-an-avenue-to-excel-in-sailing|title=WHEN 'AVERAGE STUDENT' VARUN THAKKAR FOUND AN AVENUE TO EXCEL IN SAILING!|work=International Olympic Committee (IOC) News| access-date=|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
In 2021, Thakkar secured the first rank at the 49er Class event in the Mussanah Open Championship 2021 at Millennium Resort, [[Oman]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|url=https://www.omansail.com/mussanah-open-championship-2021-results|title=Mussanah Open Championship 2021 Results|work=omansail| access-date=|url-status=live}}</ref> He also won a bronze medal in the [[2018 Asian Games]] which were held in Jakarta, [[Indonesia]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/meet-the-chennai-boys-who-won-a-bronze-at-the-asian-games/article24934726.ece|title=Winds of victory in their sail: Meet the Chennai boys who won a bronze medal at the Asian Games|work=The Hindu News| access-date=|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|url=https://www.espn.in/espn/story/_/id/24390910/asian-games-2018-olympic-sailing-champion-jonas-warrer-helping-kc-ganapathy-varun-thakkar-their-quest-gold|title=From rival to coach: Olympic champ Warrer helping Ganapathy and Thakkar's quest for gold|work=ESPN News| access-date=|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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In 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, The duo KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar first tasted major success when they won bronze in sailing.<br />
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===2020 Summer Olympics===<br />
Varun qualified for his debut [[Olympic Games|Olympics Games 2020]] in [[Sailing (sport)|sailing]] after achieving first place in the 2021 Mussanah Open (Asia and Africa Olympic Qualifier) Tournament in Mussanah, [[Oman]] and he will now be representing [[India at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Team India]] at [[Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics |the Skiff – 49er Event]] in [[Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics]] in [[Tokyo|Tokyo, Japan]].<br />
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== Tournaments Record ==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"<br />
|+ INTERNATIONAL EVENTS<br />
|-<br />
! Year<br />
! Event<br />
! Place<br />
! Position<br />
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|2021|| 2021 MUSSANAH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP ||Oman {{flagIOC|OMN|2020 Summer}}|| 1<br />
|-<br />
|2019|| 49ER WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2019 ||Auckland {{flagIOC|NZL|2020 Summer}}|| 65<br />
|-<br />
|2019|| 2019 OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIP ||Auckland {{flagIOC|NZL|2020 Summer}}|| 39<br />
|-<br />
|2019|| 49ER ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2019 ||Abu Dhabi {{flagIOC|UAE|2020 Summer}}|| 2<br />
|-<br />
|2018|| [[Asian Games 2018]] ||Jakarta {{flagIOC|INA|2020 Summer}}|| 3<br />
|-<br />
|2017|| 17th Asian Sailing Championship ||Jakarta {{flagIOC|INA|2020 Summer}}|| 1<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:1995 births]]<br />
[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male sailors (sport)]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in sailing]]<br />
[[Category:Sailors at the 2018 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India]]<br />
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