Abhinav Bindra
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's shooting | ||
Representing  India
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2008 Beijing | Men's 10 m air rifle |
Abhinav Bindra (born September 28, 1982, in Dehradun) is an Indian amateur athlete and businessman. He is best known as the current World and Olympic champion in the 10 m Air Rifle event.
At the Beijing Olympic Games, he became the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal.[1]
Early life
[change | change source]He was born in Punjab. He became interested in shooting a gun as a sport when he was in school in Chandigarh
International competitions
[change | change source]Timeline
[change | change source]- 2000: Summer Olympic Games[2]
- 1998: Commonwealth Games[3]
- 2002: Commonwealth Games[3]
- 2004: Summer Olympic Games[2]
- 2006: Commonwealth Games[3]
- 2006: World Championship[3]
- 2008: Summer Olympic Games[2]
- 2010: Commonwealth Games[3]
- 2012: Summer Olympic Games
Honours
[change | change source]- Arjuna Award, 2000[4]
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ Timmons, Heather. " With India’s First Gold, Suddenly a Billion People Notice the Olympics," New York Times, August 11, 2008; excerpt, "Abhinav Bindra, 25, became the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal "; India Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (YAS), "Proud Moments of Indian Sports," "One Gold and two Bronze Medals at Beijing 2008"[permanent dead link]; retrieved 2012-7-20.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sports Reference.com (SR/Olympics), "Abhinav Bindra" Archived 2008-10-26 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-7-20.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Profile:Abhinav Bindra," Archived 2012-07-26 at the Wayback Machine NDTV; retrieved 2012-7-20.
- ↑ India Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (YAS), "Arjun Award Winners for 'Shooting'" Archived 2013-07-25 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-7-20.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Abhinav Bindra's Profile & Records Archived 2008-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
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