K.C. Ganapathy

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K.C. Ganapathy (born 18 November 1995) is an Indian professional sailor. He currently represents India internationally in the 49er event.[1][2]

In 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, The duo KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar first tasted major success when they won bronze in sailing.

Career[edit]

  • K.C. Ganapathy made his international debut in the year of 2010 at the Asian Sailing Championship, where he finished 8th in the Optimist event.
  • 2021, K.C. Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar securing the 1st Rank in the 49er Class (event) 2021 Mussanah Open Championship at Millenium Resort, Mussanah in Oman[3] and he also Won Bronze Medal in 2018 Asian Games at Jakarta, Indonesia.[4][5]

2020 Summer Olympics[edit]

K.C. Ganapathy qualified for his debut Olympics Games 2020 in sailing after finishing 1st position in the 2021 Mussanah Open (Asia and Africa Olympic Qualifier) Tournament at Mussanah in Oman and now he will represent India Team at the Skiff – 49er Event in Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6][7][8]

Tournaments record[edit]

INTERNATIONAL EVENTS
Year Event Place Position
2021 2021 Mussanah OPEN Championship Oman  Oman 1
2019 49ER World Championship 2019 Auckland  New Zealand 65
2019 49ER Asian Championship 2019 Abu Dhabi  United Arab Emirates 2
2018 49er European Championship 2018 Poland  Poland 25
2018 Asian Games 2018 Jakarta  Indonesia 3
2017 17th Asian Sailing Championship Jakarta  Indonesia 1

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "K.C. Ganapathy Is First Kodava Yachtsman To Qualify For Olympics". Star of Mysore.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ "WHEN 'AVERAGE STUDENT' VARUN THAKKAR FOUND AN AVENUE TO EXCEL IN SAILING!". International Olympic Committee (IOC) News.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ "Mussanah Open Championship 2021 Results". omansail.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ "Winds of victory in their sail: Meet the Chennai boys who won a bronze medal at the Asian Games". The Hindu News.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ "From rival to coach: Olympic champ Warrer helping Ganapathy and Thakkar's quest for gold". ESPN News.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ↑ "India's KC Ganapathy, Varun Thakkar qualify for Olympics in sailing". Business Standard News.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ↑ "IIndian sailing duo of Varun Thakkar and KC Ganapathy want to hire coach Ian Stuart Warren's services for Olympics". Times of India News.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ↑ "Sailors Varun Thakkar, KC Ganapathy banking on their partnership to bring medal from Tokyo". ANI News.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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