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| name = Katya Coelho<br />
| image = Katya Coelho.jpg<br />
| caption = Coelho in 2022<br />
| birth_name = Katya Ida Coelho <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|8|13|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Goa]], India<br />
| height = 1.52 m<br />
| weight = 52 kg<br />
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{{MedalBronze|[[2015 Asian Open Championship]]| Under-17 Techno}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2022 International Windsurfing Cup Thailand]]|<br />
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'''Katya Ida Coelho''' (born 13 August 1999) is an Indian professional [[windsurfer]] who is currently India's only Women iQFoiler and the first Indian to win an [[IQFoil]] Medal at the International Windsurfing Cup in July 2022 in [[Pattaya]], Thailand.<br />
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== Early and personal life ==<br />
Katya Ida Coelho was born on 13 August 1999,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olympedia – Katya Ida Coelho |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/2101908 |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=www.olympedia.org}}</ref> to a former national windsurfing champion of India Donald Coelho,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/The-surf%E2%80%99s-always-up-for-this-family/84106 | title=The surf's always up for this family }}</ref> who also introduced windsurfing in Goa at The Goa Beach Sports Academy (GBSA) in association with the Water & Beach Sports Promotion Forum. Her brother Dayne Edgar Agnelo Coelho is also a windsurfing champion. Together they are called Coelho siblings.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://gulfnews.com/sport/indian-sailing-team-left-high-and-dry-1.2269585 | title=Indian sailing team left high and dry | date=22 August 2018 }}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Coelho started windsurfing at the age of 11 and went on to compete in the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics at the age of 14.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.prudentmedia.in/simply-sport/katya-coelho-windsurfer-simply-sport-prudent-300422/21803.html | title=Katya Coelho &#124; Windsurfer &#124; Simply Sport &#124; Prudent &#124; 300422 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=April 7, 2014 |title=Windsurfer Katya gets Nanjing berth {{!}} More sports News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/windsurfer-katya-gets-nanjing-berth/articleshow/33361485.cms |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><br />
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In addition to her achievements, Coelho also had the honor of representing India at the 2018 Asian Games Mixed RS:One event. She formed a team with her brother, Dayne Edgar Agnelo Coelho, and together they competed as Team India.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/asian-games-2018-day-7-indians-in-action-today/article24774208.ece | title=Asian Games 2018 Day 7: Indians in action today | newspaper=The Hindu | date=24 August 2018 }}</ref><br />
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In July 2022, Coelho represented India at the International Windsurfing Cup in Pattaya, Thailand. She secured second place, making her the first Indian to win an IQFoil Medal.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Goa's Katya Coelho becomes the first Indian to win an IQ Foil medal at the International windsurfing cup |url=https://twitter.com/ingoa24x7/status/1551187672768471040 |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=Ingoa |language=en}}</ref>{{better source|date=August 2023}}<br />
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==Awards==<br />
Coelho has won 10 national gold medals and 2 bronze medals at the Asian Open Championship in Techno 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-28 |title=Katya Coelho: 'Being on water gives me a sense of freedom, gliding over the waves and feeling the breeze brush by makes me feel wholesome' |url=https://www.fistosports.com/katya-coelho-being-on-water-gives-me-a-sense-of-freedom-gliding-over-the-waves-and-feeling-the-breeze-brush-by-makes-me-feel-wholesome-indias-first-and-only-iqfoiler-windsurfer |access-date=2023-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328154548/https://www.fistosports.com/katya-coelho-being-on-water-gives-me-a-sense-of-freedom-gliding-over-the-waves-and-feeling-the-breeze-brush-by-makes-me-feel-wholesome-indias-first-and-only-iqfoiler-windsurfer |archive-date=28 March 2023 }}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{instagram|katya_coelho}}<br />
*[https://www.ocagames.com/orb/athlete.php?id_game_edition=4&ctrycod=IND&person_ln=COELHO%20Katya%20Ida&sport_code=SAL Profile at Olympic Council]<br />
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[[Category:1999 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian female sailors (sport)]]<br />
[[Category:Sailors at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Sailors at the 2018 Asian Games]]</div>JacquelynBelz49