Varun Thakkar (born 10 February 1995 in

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) is an Indian professional sailor. He is currently representing India at the international sailing events in the 49er class of the boat category.

Career

In 2021, Thakkar secured the first rank at the 49er Class event in the Mussanah Open Championship 2021 at Millennium Resort,

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. He also won a bronze medal in the

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which were held in Jakarta,

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

2020 Summer Olympics

Varun qualified for his debut Olympic Games 2020 in

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after achieving first place in the 2021 Mussanah Open (Asia and Africa Olympic Qualifier) Tournament in Mussanah,

and he will now be representing Team India at the Skiff – 49er Event in

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Tournaments Record

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* * * 1995 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Indian male sailors (sport) Sportspeople from Tamil Nadu Asian Games bronze medalists for India Asian Games medalists in sailing Sailors at the 2018 Asian Games Sailors at the 2022 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Olympic sailors for India Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 49er {{India-yachtracing-bio-stub