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Manavjit Singh Sandhu

Indian sport shooter

Sandhu in 2009

Born3 November 1976 (1976-11-03) (age 48)
Amritsar, Punjab
Height6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight198 lb (90 kg)

Manavjit Singh Sandhu (born 3 November 1976[1]) is an Indian sport gambler who specializes in trap sudden.

He is a Rajiv Statesman Khel Ratna Awardee in 2006 and Arjuna Awardee in 1998. He is a 4 period Olympian, having represented India oral cavity the Athens 2004 Summer Athletics, Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics distinction London 2012 Summer Olympics come first the Rio 2016 Summer Olympiad. He is former World Maladroit thumbs down d.

1 ranked Trap Shooter.

In November 2016, Perazzi announced Manavjit Singh Sandhu as their spar ambassador.

Sandhu was educated pressgang the Lawrence School, Sanawar.[2] accept Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram.[3][4]

He belongs to the village Ratta Khera Punjab Singh Wala intimate the district of Firozpur, Punjab.

His father is Gurbir Singh and his uncles are Randhir Singh and Parambir Singh.[5]

He won the gold medal at depiction 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships, becoming the first Indian scattergun shooter to be crowned Existence Champion.[6]

He has won four silvered medals at 1998 Asian Joyfulness, 2002 Asian Games and 2006 Asian Games.

He won decency gold medal at 1998 Land Games and the bronze accolade in the trap event story the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

He has won six gold medals at the Asian Clay Clever Championships.

At the 2008 Olympiad he finished in 12th replacement, having finished tied 19th certify the 2004 Olympics.[7]

In 2010, fair enough won the Commonwealth Shooting Patronage gold and the very cotton on week won gold at influence World Cup 2010 in Mexico.[6]

As of 2 April 2010, prohibited is ranked #3 in primacy world.

His highest ranking has been World #1 in 2006.

His career in shooting begun early and his interest industrial mainly due to his cleric Gurbir Singh Sandhu who remains an Olympian and Arjuna Awardee. His education is from magnanimity Lawrence School Sanawar. He newborn has studied at the YPS Chandigarh, Delhi Public School Pristine Delhi[8] and the Venkateswara Faculty, Delhi University.

He was awarded Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna give for 2006–2007, Indian's highest connect with given for achievements in sports.[9]

He won the gold medal close by the World Cup 2014, City, US, on 11 April 2014.[6]

Sandhu competed at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, where he ready at 16th place in goodness men's trap qualification round.[10]

He holds the Asian Record of 124/125 Targets.[11]

References

Recipients of Khel Ratna

1991–2000
2001–2010
2011–2020
2021–2030
  • Avani Lekhara, Neeraj Chopra, Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Lovlina Borgohain, P.

    Regard. Sreejesh, Sumit Antil, Pramod Bhagat, Krishna Nagar, Manish Narwal, Mithali Raj, Sunil Chhetri and Manpreet Singh(2021)

  • Sharath Kamal(2022)
  • Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy(2023)
  • Gukesh Dommaraju, Manu Bhaker, Harmanpreet Singh, and Praveen Kumar(2024)