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{{short description|Indian markswoman and policewoman (born 1988)}}
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'''Lajja Goswami''' (born 28 September 1988) is an [[India]]n [[Marksman|markswoman]] and [[Women in law enforcement|policewoman]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Lajja grabs first spot at shooting national selection trials |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/lajja-grabs-first-spot-at-shooting-national-selection-trials-118062500791_1.html |publisher=[[Business Standard]] |date=June 25, 2018}}</ref> She is a former [[National Cadet Corps (India)|National Cadet Corps]] (NCC) cadet. She won the conferred Raksha Mantri Medal in 2009.<ref name=timesofindia>{{cite news |title=Gujarat's ace shooter bags Raksha Mantri medal |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/Gujarats-ace-shooter-bags-Raksha-Mantri-medal/articleshow/4614084.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=June 3, 2009}}</ref> She also won the silver medal in women's 50-metre rifle 3 position event, at [[ISSF World Cup]] in [[Granada]], [[Spain]] (2013).<ref>{{cite news |title=Lajja Gauswami wins silver in shooting World Cup |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=July 9, 2013}}</ref> She is a brand ambassador for Gujarat State<ref>{{cite news |title=This Gujarati sensation is shooting for the stars |url=http://cms.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2019/mar/01/this-gujarati-sensation-is-shooting-for-the-stars-1945135.html |publisher=[[New Indian Express]] |date=March 1, 2019}}</ref> and became the first sportswoman to be appointed as a [[police inspector]] in the [[Gujarat Police]] cadre in the sports quota.<ref name=ahmedabadmirror>{{cite news |title=Shooter Lajja Goswami is now an inspector |url=https://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad/cover-story/shooter-lajja-goswami-is-now-an-inspector/articleshow/35686944.cms |agency=[[Times of India]] |publisher=Ahmedabad Mirror |date=February 14, 2014}}</ref>

She has also participated in [[2014 Asian Games|Asian Games 2014]] and finished in Top 8.

==Personal life==
She hails from Jitodia, a small village located in [[Anand, Gujarat|Anand]] district of [[Gujarat]]. Lajja's father, Tilak Giri Goswami, is a care taker of an ancient Shiv temple named Baijanath Mahadev in Jitodia village.<ref name=ahmedabadmirror/> She lived in a small family of four members only her father, mother and a brother.

==Early childhood==
Lajja's was a middle-class family. Tilak Giri, her father told media that while other children were playing with dolls and toys, Lajja played with guns.<ref name=ahmedabadmirror/> Her talent in shooting became focused when she got enrolled to the [[National Cadet Corps (India)|NCC]] as a cadet. She got training for shooting from coach, [[Sunny Thomas]] in [[Pune]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Menon |first1=Prasanth |title=Lajja bags cwg silver |url=https://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/news/india/lajja-bags-cwg-silver/articleshow/36819518.cms |agency=[[The Times of India]] |publisher=Ahmedabad Mirror |date=October 6, 2010}}</ref>

==Achievements and medals==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Game !! Event !! Place !! Medal !! Year
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| [[2010 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] || 50 meter Rifle 3 Positions (Pair Event) || [[New Delhi]] (India) || Silver || 2010
|-
| XI Sardar Sajjan Singh Sethi Memorial Masters Shooting Competition || 50 meter Rifle 3 Positions (Individual Event) || [[New Delhi]] (India) || Gold || 2012
|-
| [[2013 ISSF World Cup|ISSF World Cup]] || 50 meter Rifle 3 Positions (Individual Event) || [[Granada]] (Spain) || Silver || 2013
|-
| [[2014 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] || 50 meter Rifle 3 Positions (Individual Event) || [[Glasgow]] (Scotland) || Bronze || 2014
|-
| International Shooting Competition || 50 meter Rifle Prone (Individual Event) || [[Hannover]] (Germany) || Gold || 2015
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India]]
[[Category:Indian female sport shooters]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Gujarat]]
[[Category:People from Anand district]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 2010 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 2014 Asian Games]]
[[Category:1988 births]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in shooting]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Gujarat]]
[[Category:Asian Games competitors for India]]
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