Shooting sports in India

2021-02-14T14:25:21Z

119.82.76.178: Jaspal Rana is the most popular shooter in India, he's honoured by PadmaShree award, Arjuna Award and recently Dronacharya Award for his contribution to the sport in India. Presently he's serving as the coach of Indian Junior Pistol shooting team.

{{short description|Recreational and competitive level shooting in India}}
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* [[Olympics]]: [[Abhinav Bindra]]: Gold, [[Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore]]: Silver, [[Vijay Kumar (sport shooter)|Vijay Kumar]]: Silver, [[Gagan Narang]]: Bronze
* [[Commonwealth Games]]: Gold: [[Abhinav Bindra]], [[Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore]], [[Gagan Narang]]
* [[ISSF World Shooting Championships]]: Gold: [[Abhinav Bindra]], [[Gagan Narang]], [[Anjali Bhagwat]]
* [[Asian Games]]: Bronze: [[Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore]]}}
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Shooting is an important [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] sport in India. Of India's [[India at the Olympics#List of medalists|26]] Olympic medals, four have come from shooting, including a gold by [[Abhinav Bindra]] in the [[India at the 2008 Summer Olympics#Shooting|2008 Olympics]]. Indian shooters who have excelled at international events include [[Abhinav Bindra]], [[Jaspal Rana]], [[Jitu Rai]], [[Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore]], [[Vijay Kumar (sport shooter)|Vijay Kumar]], [[Gagan Narang]], [[Apurvi Chandela]], [[Ronjan Sodhi]], [[Anjali Bhagwat]], [[Heena Sidhu]], [[Shreyasi Singh]], [[Manu Bhaker]], [[Anisa Sayyed]], [[Rahi Sarnobat]], [[Saurabh Chaudhary]].

==2012 Olympics==
The Indian shooting contingent for the [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]] was one of the largest to date. There were a total of 11 shooters including 4 female shooters. India's first medal in the 2012 Olympics was when [[Gagan Narang]] won the bronze in the 10m Air Rifle event.<ref name="narangBronze">{{cite web | url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/shooter-gagan-narang-wins-bronze-india-gets-its-first-medal/981510/ | publisher=Indian Express | title=Narang wins bronze | date=2012-07-30}}</ref> This was the same event in which [[Abhinav Bindra]] won India's first individual gold medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics [[India at the 2008 Summer Olympics#Shooting|Beijing]]. The second medal came from the unheralded army man [[Vijay Kumar (sport shooter)|Vijay Kumar]] when he won the silver in the 25m rapid fire pistol event after finishing 4th in the qualification rounds.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Specials/Sports/Olympics2012/Chunk-HT-UI-Olympics-Discipline-Shooting/Vijay-Kumar-wins-silver-in-25m-Rapid-Fire-Pistol/SP-Article10-907714.aspx | publisher=Hindustan Times | title=Vijay Kumar wins silver | date=2012-08-03 |url-status = dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806202229/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Specials/Sports/Olympics2012/Chunk-HT-UI-Olympics-Discipline-Shooting/Vijay-Kumar-wins-silver-in-25m-Rapid-Fire-Pistol/SP-Article10-907714.aspx | archive-date=2012-08-06 }}</ref> He had to fend off some tough competition from the third placed Chinese [[Ding Feng (sport shooter)|Ding Feng]].

A notable performance was made by [[Joydeep Karmakar]] who finished 4th in the 50m rifle prone event. A strong medal prospect [[Ronjan Sodhi]] who is an [[Shooting at the 2010 Asian Games#Double trap|Asian Games]] gold medallist, however crashed out in the qualification rounds of the Double trap event.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/article3717100.ece | publisher=The Hindu | title=Sodhi crashes out | date=2012-08-02}}</ref>

==Olympic medals==
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| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Rajyavardhan Singh|Rathore}} || {{flagicon|GRE}} [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] || [[Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's double trap|Men's double trap]]
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| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Abhinav|Bindra}} || {{flagicon|CHN}} [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]] || [[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air rifle|Men's 10m Air Rifle]]
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| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Gagan|Narang|Gagan Narang}} || {{flagicon|GBR}} [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]] || [[Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air rifle|Men's 10m Air Rifle]]
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| {{silver medal}} || [[Vijay Kumar (sport shooter)|Vijay Kumar]] || {{flagicon|GBR}} [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]] || [[Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol|Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol]]
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==Administration==
The sport is administered in India by [[The National Rifle Association of India]]. The association organises the following tournaments every year:
* National Shooting Championship Competitions (NSCC)
* All India G.V. Mavlankar Shooting Championship (AIGVMSC)
* Sardar Sajjan Singh Sethi Memorial Masters Shooting Championship
* Kumar Surendra Singh Memorial Shooting Championship
* All India Kumar Surendra Singh Memorial Inter School Shooting Championship

==References==
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== External links ==

*[http://www.indianshooting.com/ India's 1st website on Shooting Sports] – indianshooting.com

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