Joshna Chinappa is an Indian squash player, born on 15 September 1986 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She became the youngest Indian national champion at the age of 14 and is a two-time World Champion and four-time Asian Champion. She received the Arjuna Award in 2013 and the Padma Shri in 2024 in recognition of her contributions to Indian squash, and she took part in her seventh consecutive Asian Games at the 2026 edition in Nagoya, the most by any Indian. Her father, grandfather and great granduncle K. M. Cariappa, the first commander in chief of the Indian Army in independent India, were all squash players, and she started playing squash at seven.
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She is a two-time World Champion and four-time Asian Champion
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is an Indian squash player
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She took part in her seventh consecutive Asian Games at the 2026 edition at Nagoya
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