Kynan Darius Chenai (born 29 January 1991, in

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

) is an Indian shooter in the

Trap A trap is a mechanical device used to capture or restrain an animal for purposes such as hunting, pest control, or ecological research. Trap or TRAP may also refer to: Art and entertainment Films and television * ''Trap'' (2015 film), Fil ...

discipline. He won the Asia Olympic Shooting qualifiers held in

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on 28 January 2016. He competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics, placing 19 in the Men's Trap Event.

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 language, 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.

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 Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's trap, 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 people 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 medalists in shooting Asian Games gold medalists for India Asian Games bronze medalists for India Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games