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'''Varun Thakkar''' (born 10 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=}}</ref>

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=}}</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=}}</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=}}</ref>

In 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, The duo KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar first tasted major success when they won bronze in sailing.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

Varun qualified for his debut [[Olympic Games|Olympic 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]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/athlete-profile-n1301683-thakkar-varun.htm |title=Sailing: THAKKAR Varun |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=[[Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006101607/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/athlete-profile-n1301683-thakkar-varun.htm |archive-date=2021-10-06}}</ref>

[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India]]

[[Category:Sailors at the 2022 Asian Games]]

[[Category:Olympic sailors for India]]