India's athletes, on one page.
Olympic medallists, world champions and rising stars — Indian athletes by default, with international profiles a filter away.
9 athlete profiles
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Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan
Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan (born 1 January 1996) is an Indian sailor. She won the bronze medal at 2014 Asian Games in Women's 29er event, along with Varsha Gautham.
Homi Motivala
Homi Dady Motivala (born 18 June 1958) is an Indian sportsperson in Yachting. He received the Arjuna award for best performance in yachting for the year 1993, the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award jointly with P. K. Garg for overall best performance in sports for the year 1994–95 and the Dronacharya Award for "Coaching excellence in Yachting" for the year 2002. Together with Garg, he won the bronze medal in the enterprise class at the 1990 and 1994 Asian Games held at Beijing and Hiroshima respectively.
K.C. Ganapathy
Kelapanda Chengappa Ganapathy (born 18 November 1995) is an Indian professional sailor. He currently represents India internationally in the 49er event. In 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, The duo KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar first tasted major success when they won bronze in sailing.
Nachhatar Singh Johal
Nachhatar Singh Johal (born 1979) is an Indian sailor. He was born in Jalandhar, Punjab. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he placed 23rd in the Finn class.
Nethra Kumanan
Nethra Kumanan (born 21 August 1997) is an Olympian from India in the Sport of ILCA6 Women (popularly known as Laser Radial Sailing). She qualified as Olympic qualifier for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics at the Last Chance Regatta, in Hyeres, France on 26 April 2024. She claimed the quota under the Emerging Nations Programme and acknowledged as the second to qualify from India after Vishnu Saravanan.
Pushpendra Kumar Garg
Captain Pushpendra Kumar Garg (born 22 November 1963) is an Indian sportsperson in yachting. He was born in Sasni in Aligarh district (Now it situated at Hathras district) of Uttar Pradesh. He studied at Sainik School, Lucknow, and the National Defence Academy, Khadakvasla before joining the Indian Navy.
Varsha Gautham
Varsha Gautham (born 12 January 1998) is an Indian sailor. She won the bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Games in the women's 29er event, along with Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan. In doing so, she became the youngest Indian to win an Asian Games medal, at the age of 16.
Varun Thakkar
Vishnu Saravanan
Vishnu Saravanan (born 24 February 1999) is an Indian sailor. He qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games. He is the first Indian sailor to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics.