Joshna Chinappa
Joshna Chinappa (born 15 September 1986) is an Indian professional squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 10 in July 2016. She was the first Indian to win the British Junior Squash Championship title in 2005 in the under-19 category and was also the youngest Indian women's national champion. She is the current record-holder of most national championship wins, with 18 titles. In 2024, she was awarded India's fourth-highest civilian honour, the Padma Shri, by the Government of India.
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| Born | 15 September 1986 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turned Pro | 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Hadrian Stiff | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Racquet used | Harrow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | No. 10 (July 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 33 (December 2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tour final(s) | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated: 13 April 2022. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games Joshna, along with Dipika Pallikal Karthik, won the squash women's doubles gold medal, India's first-ever Commonwealth Games medal in the sport. The pair won a silver medal at the event's 2018 Gold Coast edition, losing to team New Zealand, Joelle King and Amanda Landers-Murphy. Joshna trains at the Indian Squash Academy, Chennai. At the 2017 Women's Asian Individual Squash Championships, she won the gold medal, becoming the first Asian Squash Champion from India.
In April 2018, Joshna upset Nicol David in the second round, in straight games, of the El Gouna World Series Event. This was one of her more prominent upsets.