Kynan Chenai

Kynan Chenai (born 29 January 1991, in Hyderabad) is an Indian shooter in the Trap discipline. He will compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics having won the Asia Olympic Shooting qualifiers held in Delhi on 28 January 2016.[1]

Biography

Kynan was born to a reputed Parsi family in Hyderabad, India. His father Darius Chenai is a formal national shooting champion in Trap discipline and a businessman. He studied in Hebron School in Ooty, Tamil Nadu with German as elected foreign language. During School days, he was part of Field Hockey Team & Football Team. He was also School freestyle swimming champion for 3 years. In 2003, he took up shotgun & was initially coached by his father. Later he was coached by four times olympian Mansher Singh. He won the Gold medal in Junior Men's Trap shooting event at 50th & 51st National Shooting Championship, India. He also won a gold Medal in Trap event in 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games.[2]

Kynan achieved an Olympic quota for 2016 Summer olympics after finishing fourth in Asia Olympic Shooting qualifiers in Delhi on 28 January 2016, where he finished at 19th position in the men's trap qualification round.[3][4]


References

  1. ↑ "Vijay Kumar Misses Rio Olympics Quota, Kynan Chenai Traps India's 10th Spot". NDTV. 2 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Know your Indian Olympian: 10 things to know about Kynan Chenai". Sportskeeda. 6 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Road to Rio: Shooter Kynan Chenai secures Olympics 2016 berth for India". Firstpost. 29 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Rio Olympics 2016: Manavjit Singh Sandhu, Kynan Chenai fail to qualify for men's trap semi-final". First Post. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
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