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.
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]
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]
| 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 |
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