INDIA first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, with a lone athlete winning two medals in athletics. The nation first sent a team to the Summer Olympic Games in 1920, and has participated in every Summer Games since then. India has also competed at several Winter Olympic Games since 1964.
The dreams of the billion Indians was fulfilled by the LITTLE CHAMP from PUNJAB as he won the GOLD MEDAL for INDIA in the 10m Air Rifle in Beijing on August 11 with an incredible performace ...He had scored 700.5pts...
Abhinav Bindra is an MBA (Master of Business Administration) degree holder and CEO of his Abhinav Futuristic (A computer game distributor company). He is the brightest star among a new breed of taleted Indian shooters. He was born on September 28, 1982 in PUNJAB.
Coming from an affluent family and with the luxury of an indoor range in his backyard, Bindra proved to an early bird and, at 15, was the youngest participant at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. Awards and recognition are not new for him. Bindra shot into limelight by winning a bronze in the 2001 Munich World Cup with a new junior world record score of 597/600.
In the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games, competing in his pet Air rifle event, Bindra won Gold in the Pairs event and Silver in the individual event. During a purple patch, Bindra won six gold medals at various international meets in the European Circuit in 2001. He was conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for the year 2001.
nted Indian shooters. Born on September 28, 1982, Bindra is quite often criticized for not delivering on the promise he showed as a child prodigy.
Coming from an affluent family and with the luxury of an indoor range in his backyard, Bindra proved to an early bird and, at 15, was the youngest participant at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. Awards and recognition are not new for him. Bindra shot into limelight by winning a bronze in the 2001 Munich World Cup with a new junior world record score of 597/600.
In the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games, competing in his pet Air rifle event, Bindra won Gold in the Pairs event and Silver in the individual event. During a purple patch, Bindra won six gold medals at various international meets in the European Circuit in 2001. He was conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for the year 2001.
Major Achievements :
• Beijing Olympic Gold Medalist 700.5 2008
• Gold Medalist Air Rifle Australian Cup, Sydney 2007
• Common Wealth Games, Melbourne – Gold, Silver, Bronze medalist 2006
• Asian Shooting Championship Bangkok - Gold Medalist 2005
• National Champion 2005
• Broke the Olym pic Record of 96 Atlanta Olympics at Athens Olympics 2004
• Common Wealth Games Record Holder 2004
• Athens Olympics (Finalist) 2004
• All American Shooting Championship at Colorado Springs Gold Medalist 2004
• National Champion 2003
• Bronze Medalist World Cup Munich 2003
• Asian Shooting Championship – Silver Medalist 2003
• National Champion 2002
• Common Wealth Games, Manchester -Gold, Silver, Medalist 2002
• European Circuit Champion - 7 Gold Medals, 4 Silver, 1 Bronze 2002
• Junior World Record Holder Air Rifle in Munich 2001
• National Champion 2001
• National Champion 2000
• National Champion 1999
• Represented India in 48 World Cups, 3 Common Wealth Games
• 3 Olympics, 3 Asian Games, 6 European Circuit Championship
Key Awards :
• Madhya Pradesh Khel Ratna 2008
• Punjab Praman Patra Award 2008
• Uttaranchal Praman Patra Award 2003
• UT Government Most Elite Sportsman Award 2002
• K.K. Birla Award 2002
• Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2001
• Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award 2001
• Arjuna Award 2000
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