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| Born | 2 November 1975 Khurja, Bulandshahar, India |
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Mairaj Ahmed Khan (born 2 November 1975, in Khurja, District Bulandshahar) is an Indian shooter in the shotgun skeet discipline. He won the Olympics quota in the Shotgun Skeet Event in Lonato, Italy in September 2015, the first Indian to qualify in this discipline. In 2016, he won silver at ISSF World Cup held in April in Rio de Janeiro, the host country for 2016 Olympics.[1]
He is the first and only Indian to have held both the World Cup title as well as the Olympic quota for India at the same time, a feat he accomplished by capturing the Silver Medal at the 2016 ISSF World Cup Championship in Rio as well as a quota place for the shotgun skeet event for the Olympics in 2016. He is the first Indian athlete to represent India in the SK125 Event during the Rio Olympic Games. He is ranked 10th in the world and 6th in Asia; he has been an international level shooter for over 15 years and won multiple accolades including medals won during the Commonwealth Shooting Championship, Asian Championships, South Asian Federation and National and International Championships.
Early years[edit | edit source]
Mairaj was born in a Sunni family of landlords of the affluent Kheshgi family of Khurja. Khurja is situated Bulandshahr district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. His parents were Ilyas Ahmed Khan and Farrukh. He started shooting in 1998 right after college. Shooting was introduced to him through his uncle. It gradually became his profession. His brother Najam Ahmed Khan is also a shooter, but prefers to look after the family . His other siblings are Siraj Ahmed Khan and Farheen Ilyas Khan.
His first international competition was the ISSF World Cup in 2003 in Lonato, Italy.
Future goals[edit | edit source]
He plans to support to India's upcoming talent of shooters through MAK Shooting Foundation, training aspiring shooters who are keen to take up skeet shooting. Few Indians in this category who can compete in international level competitions and events. An autobiography entitled Hard Target is to be published soon.
Performance[edit | edit source]
- 2016: 1st ever Silver Medal in Skeet at ISSF World Cup, Rio, Brazil
- 2015: Olympic Quota Place for Rio 2016, Brazil – World championship, Lonato, Italy.
- In 2016 RIO Olympics, The 40 years old was out of the race after managing to shoot +3 to drop to the ninth place.[2]
- He went on to bag the gold medal again in 2009, 2010, and 2016 editions of the championship.
- Mairaj made his international debut in the ISSF World Cup at Lonato, Italy in the year 2003. For almost a decade (2005 to 2015) he participated in 15 ISSF World Cups held in 22 nations but didn’t win any medals.
Recognition[edit | edit source]
Gold Medal Tally National & International Championships[edit | edit source]
National
- Gold Medal – 2012 All India Sardar Sajjan Singh Sethi Master's Shooting Championship, Delhi.
- Gold Medal – 2011 National Games, Ranchi
- Gold Medal – 2009 All India Sardar Sajjan Singh Sethi Master's Shooting Championship, Jammu.
- Gold Medal (National Champion) – 2016, 2010, 2009, 2007 National Shooting Championship Competition (NSCC), Delhi, Patiala, Jaipur.
International
- Gold Medal (Pairs) – 2010 Commonwealth Shooting Championship, New Delhi, India.
- Gold Medal (Team) – 2008 Singapore open shooting championship
- Gold Medal (Team) – 2007 Singapore open shooting championship
Silver Medal Tally National and International Championships[edit | edit source]
National[edit | edit source]
- Silver Medal – 2007 National Games, Guwahati
- Silver Medal – 2015 National Games, Kerala
- Silver Medal – 2014 National Shooting Championship Competition (NSCC), Patiala.
International[edit | edit source]
- Silver Medal-2016 ISSF World Cup Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Silver Medal – 2012 Asian Shotgun Shooting Championship, Malaysia
- Silver Medal (Individual) – 2010 Commonwealth Shooting Championship, New Delhi, India
- Silver Medal (Team ans Individual) – 2009 South Asian Federation Shooting Championship, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- Silver Medal (Individual) – 2008 Singapore open shooting championship
- Bronze Medal Tally National & International Championships
National[edit | edit source]
- Bronze Medal – 2011 National Shooting Championship Competition (NSCC), Delhi
- Bronze Medal – 2008 All India Sardar Sajjan Singh Sethi Master's Shooting Championship, Patiala.
International[edit | edit source]
- Bronze Medal -2016 Asian Shotgun Shooting Championship, Abu Dhabi,U.A.E.
- Bronze Medal (Individual) – 2007 Singapore open shooting championship
ISSF World Cup Championships[edit | edit source]
- 2016: Rio – Brazil
- 2015 – Lonato, Italy
- 2015: Gabala – Azerbaijan, Laranca – Cyprus, Alain – UAE, Acapulco – Mexico
- 2014: Munich – Germany 2014 – Granada, Spain
- 2013 – Lima, Peru 2012: Tucson – USA, London – UK
- 2011: Concepcion – Chile, Beijing – China, Sydney – Australia, Maribor – Slovenia
- 2011 – Belgrade, Serbia 2010: Lonato – Italy, Dorset – UK
- 2010 – Munich, Germany
- 2009: Cairo – Egypt, Munich – Germany, Minsk – Belarus, San Marino – San Marino
- 2009 – Maribor, Slovenia
- 2008: Beijing – China, Kerrville – USA
- 2007: Lonato – Italy, Maribor – Slovenia
- 2006 – Zagreb, Croatia
- 2006: Xing Yuan – China, Kerrville – USA
- 2005: Belgrade – Serbia
- 2003: Lonato – Italy
- 2000: New Delhi – India
- 2021: New Delhi – India
Commonwealth Games[edit | edit source]
- 2014: Glasgow, Scotland
- 2010: New Delhi, India
Commonwealth Shooting Championships[edit | edit source]
- 2010 – New Delhi, India
Asian Games[edit | edit source]
- 2014: Incheon – Korea 2010: Guangzhou – China 2006: Doha – Qatar
Asian Shooting Championship[edit | edit source]
- 2012: Doha – Qatar 2007: Kuwait City – Kuwait
Asian Shotgun Shooting Championship[edit | edit source]
- 2013: Almaty, Kazakhstan
- 2012: Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
- 2009: Almaty, Kazakhstan
- 2008: Jaipur, India
- 2007: Manila, Philippines
- 2005: Bangkok, Thailand
- 2004: Bangkok, Thailand.
South Asian Federation (SAF) Shooting Championship[edit | edit source]
- 2009 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Singapore Open Shooting Championship[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Mairaj Ahmed Khan wins India's first skeet medal at a shooting World Cup". Zee News. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ↑ "Shooter Mairaj Ahmad fails to qualify for men's Skeet semis". India Today. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
Sources[edit | edit source]
- "Mairaj Ahmed Khan buries 15 years of pain by clinching 2016 Rio Olympic quota in skeet". The Indian Express. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- "Skeet shooters end without medal in Asian Games". The Indian Express. 24 November 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- "Aiming high at Beijing". The Indian Express. 14 April 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- "Mairaj Ahmed Khan's Italian connection clicks at Shooting World Cup with medal in Skeet". The Indian Express. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- Examinations, Academy For Competitive (10 May 2016). "Academy for Competitive Examinations: Current Affairs, Current events: April 2016 current affair's". Academy for Competitive Examinations. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- Srinivasan, Kamesh (22 September 2015). "Mairaj determined to win an Olympic gold". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- Srinivasan, Kamesh. "Skeet shooter Mairaj Ahmad Khan: Better late than never". Sportstar. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- NDTVSports.com. "Latest Sports News, Live Scores, Results Today's Sports Headlines Updates - NDTV Sports". NDTVSports.com. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
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