Who is Quimcy Dsouza? India’s teqball star is closing in on a historic Asian Games medal

Quimcy Dsouza is one win away from winning India’s first ever Asian Games teqball medal after the 24-year-old led her group on her debut at the Nagoya Games in Nagoya on Friday. She defeated Japan’s Yuina Sakamoto 10-12, 12-11, 13-11 before defeating Koemyean Dy of Cambodia 12-9, 12-7.

Quimcy will face Indonesia’s Sumaya in the women’s singles semifinals on Saturday, and a win will guarantee her a historic podium finish. If she loses, she will still have a shot at bronze against the loser of the other semi-final between Myanmar’s Wai Khin Hin and Lebanon’s Kamar Dandal.

Her run became even more significant after India’s next teqball campaign ended in the men’s doubles. Declan Marshall Gonsalves and Mohamed Anas Imran Beg lthey went 0-2 to Vietnam and South Korea in both Group B matches and were eliminated before the quarter-finals. However, Beg remains in contention alongside Quimcy in the mixed doubles.

For someone now on the verge of an Asian Games medal, Quimcy’s path to the sport was anything but conventional. This former football and track and field competitor only started playing teqball in 2022 and has since grown into one of India’s leading players.

FROM FOOTBALL TO TEQBALL

Quimcy started her sporting journey in athletics, representing Maharashtra and later played under-19 football for the state. Her transition to teqball came in 2022, but the move quickly evolved into a serious competitive career.

She has since become a seven-time national champion and has also been involved with the Teqball Club of Bangalore, contributing to the growth of the sport in India. Apart from her sports career, she works as a test engineer at Decathlon in Bengaluru.

This combination of competition and involvement in the development of the sport has made Quimcy one of the most recognizable faces of Indian teqball. Her progress has also come as the sport continues to establish itself on the international stage.

BUILDING A NAME IN TEQBALL

Quimcy reached a career-high world ranking of No. 24 and finished ninth at the 2026 World Championships in Romania. Her progress has come alongside a wider push by Indian teqball players to make it internationally.

Gonsalves and Beg, who left the Asian Games men’s doubles competition, arrived in Nagoya as World Championship medalists. At the 2024 World Championships in Vietnam, they won India’s first ever teqball medal, a bronze in the men’s doubles.

Now that Gonsalves’ campaign is over and Beg has moved on to mixed doubles, the focus has firmly shifted to Quimcy. A medal in Nagoya would not only be a personal breakthrough, but would also secure India’s first podium finish in the sport, which is making its debut at the Asian Games.

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Issued by:

Debodinna Chakraborty

Published on:

18 Sep 2026 12:47 IST