Kelapanda Chengappa Ganapathy[1] (born 18 November 1995) is an Indian professional sailor. He currently represents India internationally in the 49er event.[2][3]
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 2010 at the Asian Sailing Championship, where he finished 8th in the Optimist event. In 2021, K.C. Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar secured the 1st Rank in the 49er Class (event) 2021 Mussanah Open Championship at Millenium Resort, Mussanah in Oman[4] and he also Won Bronze Medal in 2018 Asian Games at Jakarta, Indonesia.[5][6]
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.[7][8][9][10]
Tournaments record edit
| 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
- ^ "Asian Games: Boys who quit school to pursue sailing, win Asiad bronze". The Times of India. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "K.C. Ganapathy Is First Kodava Yachtsman To Qualify For Olympics". Star of Mysore.
- ^ "WHEN 'AVERAGE STUDENT' VARUN THAKKAR FOUND AN AVENUE TO EXCEL IN SAILING!". International Olympic Committee (IOC) News.
- ^ "Mussanah Open Championship 2021 Results". omansail.
- ^ "Winds of victory in their sail: Meet the Chennai boys who won a bronze medal at the Asian Games". The Hindu News.
- ^ "From rival to coach: Olympic champ Warrer helping Ganapathy and Thakkar's quest for gold". ESPN News.
- ^ "India's KC Ganapathy, Varun Thakkar qualify for Olympics in sailing". Business Standard News.
- ^ "IIndian sailing duo of Varun Thakkar and KC Ganapathy want to hire coach Ian Stuart Warren's services for Olympics". Times of India News.
- ^ "Sailors Varun Thakkar, KC Ganapathy banking on their partnership to bring medal from Tokyo". ANI News.
- ^ "Sailing: KELAPANDA Ganapathy". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021.