Kynan Chenai

Kynan Darius Chenai (born 29 January 1991) is an Indian sport shooter specializing in trap shooting. He has represented India in multiple international competitions, including the Olympics and the Asian Games. He competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he finished 19th in the men's trap event. At the 2022 Asian Games, 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, India. His father Darius Chenai is a former 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 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. 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.

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.