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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Vijayveer Singh Sidhu''' (born 21 June 2002) is an Indian [[Sport shooting|sport shooter]] from Chandigarh. He competes in the 25m rapid fire pistol discipline. He was part of the Indian shooting team at the [[2022 Asian Games]], [[Hangzhou]], [[China]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-24 |title=Indian shooters at Asian Games: Events, key dates, format and rules |url=https://www.espn.in/espn/story/_/id/38465705/indian-shooters-asian-games-hangzhou-2022-events-key-dates-format-rules-top-medal-contenders |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref> He was part of the Indian team that won the 25m rapid fire pistol bronze at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nalwala |first=Ali Asgar |date=2023-09-27 |title=Asian Games 2023 shooting: Indian shooters aim for a rich haul of medals - get results |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/asian-games-2023-hangzhou-shooting-india-results-scores |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=www.olympics.com}}</ref> He holds the Junior World Record in the 25m standard pistol team event along with his brother Udhayveer Singh and Adarsh.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation - issf-sports.org |url=https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/records/world_records.ashx |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=www.issf-sports.org}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Vijayveer and his identical twin Udhayveer Singh Sidhu started the sport at an early age of 8 years at a summer camp in their school St. Xavier's in Mansa.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2019-02-19 |title=Shooting twins Udhayveer and Vijayveer target 2024 Olympics |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/shooting-twins-udhayveer-and-vijayveer-target-2024-olympics/articleshow/68069760.cms |access-date=2023-09-28 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> Their father Gurpreet Singh Sidhu encouraged them to take up the sport and moved the family to Sector 51 in Chandigarh in 2015 to facilitate their training.<ref name=":0" /> Their mother Rani Kaur is a school teacher.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
2022: In June, they won the team gold in the 25m air pistol at the ISSF Cup in Suhl, Germany.<br />
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