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|name=Prakash Nanjappa<br />
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|birth_date={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1976|2|29}}<br />
|birth_place=[[Bangalore]], [[India]]<br />
|nationality=[[India]]n<br />
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|other_names= P N Prakash (Papanna Nanjappa Prakash)<br />
|height={{convert|175|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} (2014)<br />
|weight={{convert|82|kg|lb|abbr=on}} (2014)<br />
|country=[[India]]<br />
|sport=[[Shooting sports|Shooting]]<br />
|event = [[10 metre air pistol]]<br>[[50 metre pistol]]<br />
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{{MedalSport| Men's [[Shooting sports|shooting]]}}<br />
{{MedalCountry| {{IND}} }}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[ISSF World Cup]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze| [[2013 ISSF World Cup|2013 Changwon]]|10 m air pistol}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver| [[2014 Commonwealth Games|2014 Glasgow]] | [[Shooting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 10 metre air pistol|10 m air pistol]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze| [[2014 Asian Games|2014 Incheon]] | [[Shooting at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's 10 metre air pistol team|10 m air pistol team]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Shooting Championships|Commonwealth Championships]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold| [[2017 Commonwealth Shooting Championships|2017 Brisbane]] | 50 m pistol}}<br />
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'''Prakash Nanjappa''' (born 29 February 1976) is an Indian [[Shooting sports|shooter]] who competes in the [[10 metre air pistol]] and [[50 metre pistol]] events. He was the only Indian to win a medal in the [[2013 ISSF World Cup]], when he won bronze with a very minor difference between the second place in 10 metre air pistol event in [[Changwon]], [[South Korea]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Prakash Nanjappa profile |url= http://www.olympicgoldquest.in/prakash-nanjappa/ |publisher= Olympic Gold Quest |accessdate= 26 July 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140706073637/http://www.olympicgoldquest.in/prakash-nanjappa/ |archive-date= 6 July 2014 |url-status= dead }}</ref> In the [[Shooting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 10 metre air pistol|same event]], he won the silver medal at the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Glasgow]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Men's 10 metre air pistol Finals |url= http://results.glasgow2014.com/event/shooting/shm203101/10m_air_pistol_mens_finals.html |website= glasgow2014.com |date= 26 July 2014 |accessdate= 26 July 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Prakash Nanjappa was born on 29 February 1976 in [[Bangalore]] to P. N. Papanna, a national-level shooter. He started shooting in 1999, though motorbike rallies was his primary interest. In 2003, he moved to [[Canada]] and worked as a software engineer till 2009, when, on his father's insistence, he quit the job and moved back to India and took up the sport again.<ref name="TH">{{cite news |title= Shooter bounces back after Bell's palsy, wins silver |url= http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/shooter-bounces-back-after-bells-palsy-wins-silver/article5277052.ece |newspaper= The Hindu |date= 27 October 2013 |accessdate= 26 July 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Nanjappa won a bronze medal in the [[2013 ISSF World Cup]] in [[Changwon]], [[South Korea]], in the 10 metre air pistol event having scored 180.2 points in the final.<ref>{{cite news |title= Prakash Nanjappa wins bronze in pistol event at World Cup |url= http://sports.ndtv.com/shooting/news/205913-prakash-nanjappa-wins-bronze-in-pistol-event-at-world-cup |publisher= ndtv.com |date= 6 April 2013 |accessdate= 26 July 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150922001605/http://sports.ndtv.com/shooting/news/205913-prakash-nanjappa-wins-bronze-in-pistol-event-at-world-cup |archive-date= 22 September 2015 |url-status= dead }}</ref> In the same year, he suffered from a paralytic attack in the right side of his face, during the World Cup in [[Granada]]. Following his recovery, in October 2013, Nanjappa won the silver medal in the [[50 metre pistol]] event in the Asian air gun championship in [[Tehran]].<ref name="TH" /><br />
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In the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Glasgow]], Nanjappa won the silver medal in the [[Shooting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 10 metre air pistol|10 m air pistol]] event, having scored 198.2 points in the final. Earlier, he had topped the qualification round by scoring 580 points.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pistol shooter Nanjappa wins Silver in 10m Air Pistol|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/07/pistol-shooter-nanjappa-wins-silver-in-10m-air-pistol/|accessdate=26 July 2014|agency=IANS|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|date=26 July 2014}}</ref><br />
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Nanjappa qualified for the [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio Olympics]] in [[Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol|Men's 50 metres Pistol]] event, where he finished 25th in the qualification round.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/sports/rio-2016-olympics/live-india-shooting-jitu-rai-prakash-nanjappa-50m-pistol-qualifier-final-medal-video-streaming-score-result-day-5-2965934/|title=Jitu Rai, Prakash Nanjappa fail to qualify for 50m Pistol Final: As it happened|accessdate=11 August 2016|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=10 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://indianexpress.com/sports/rio-2016-olympics/live-india-shooting-jitu-rai-prakash-nanjappa-50m-pistol-qualifier-final-medal-video-streaming-score-result-day-5-2965934/]<br />
* [http://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHINDM2902197601 Prakash Nanjappa profile] at [[International Shooting Sport Federation|ISSF]]<br />
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[[Category:Asian Games medalists in shooting]]<br />
[[Category:Shooters at the 2014 Asian Games]]<br />
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[[Category:Olympic shooters of India]]<br />
[[Category:Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in shooting]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games]]<br />
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[[Category:Shooters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games]]<br />
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