Kynan Darius Chenai (born 29 January 1991) is an Indian

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specializing in trap shooting. He has represented India in multiple international competitions, including the Olympics and the Asian Games. He competed in the

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, where he finished 19th in the men's trap event. At the

2022 Asian Games The 2022 Asian Games (), officially the 19th Asian Games () and also known as Hangzhou 2022 ( zh, c=, s=杭州2022, labels=no), were a continental multi-sport event which was held from 23 September to 8 October 2023 in Hangzhou, China. The ...

, Chenai won a gold medal in the men's trap team event and a bronze medal in the individual trap event, contributing significantly to India's record-breaking medal tally in shooting in that edition.

Early life

Kynan was born to a reputed Parsi family in Hyderabad,

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. His father Darius Chenai is a former national shooting champion in Trap discipline and a businessman. He studied in

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with

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as elected foreign language. During his school days, he was part of the Field Hockey Team and Football Team, and also the school's freestyle swimming champion for three years. He spent 1 year at Brunel where he tried to play hockey

Athletic career

In 2003, he took up shooting and was initially coached by his father. Later he was coached by four-time Olympic champion

Mansher Singh Mansher "Joey" Singh (born 1 December 1965 in Calcutta) is an Indian sport shooter who specializes in double trap and trap. At the 2008 Olympic Games, he finished in first place in the trap qualification. He also came first at the 2004 Olymp ...

. He won the gold medal in Junior Men's Trap shooting event at the 50th and the 51st National Shooting Championship in India. He also won a gold medal in the Trap event in the

2008 Commonwealth Youth Games The 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games (Hindi language, Hindi: 2008 कॉमनवेल्थ यूथ गेम्स), officially known as the III Commonwealth Youth Games, and commonly known as Pune 2008, a regional sporting event that was hel ...

. Kynan achieved an Olympic quota for the 2016 Summer Olympics after finishing fourth in the Asia Olympic Shooting qualifiers in Delhi on 28 January 2016, where he finished 19th in the men's trap qualification round.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chenai, Kynan 1991 births Living people Indian male sport shooters Sport shooters from Hyderabad, India Parsi sportsmen Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for India Shooters at the 2014 Asian Games Hebron School alumni Shooters at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for India Asian Games shooters for India Asian Games bronze medalists for India Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists in shooting Asian Games bronze medalists in shooting