Indian windsurfer

Katya Coelho: Riding the wind from Goa to the Asian Games

by Vikram Sharma | Oct 21, 2026

(Oct 21, 2026) India’s first windsurfer to win an international medal in iQFOiL, the Olympic windsurfing class, Katya Coelho secured silver at the 2022 Pattaya International Windsurfing Cup. With 21 national gold medals and two Asian bronze medals to her name, the...

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