Manavjit singh sandhu biography sample paper
Manavjit Singh Sandhu
Indian sport shooter
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| Born | 3 November &#;() (age&#;48) Amritsar, Punjab |
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| Height | 6&#;ft 4&#;in (&#;cm) |
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Manavjit Singh Sandhu (born 3 November [1]) is an Indian sport shooter who specializes in trap shooting. He is a Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardee in and Arjuna Awardee in He is a 4 time Olympian, having represented India at the Athens Summer Olympics, Beijing Summer Olympics the London Summer Olympics and the Rio Summer Olympics. He is former World No. 1 ranked Trap Shooter.
In November , Perazzi announced Manavjit Singh Sandhu as their brand ambassador.
Sandhu was educated at the Lawrence School, Sanawar.[2] and Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram.[3][4]
He belongs to the village Ratta Khera Punjab Singh Wala in 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 the ISSF World Shooting Championships, becoming the first Indian shotgun shooter to be crowned World Champion.[6]
He has won four silver medals at Asian Games, Asian Games and Asian Games.
He won the gold medal at Commonwealth Games and the bronze medal in the trap event at the Commonwealth Games.
He has won six gold medals at the Asian Clay Shooting Championships.
At the Olympics he finished in 12th place, having finished tied 19th at the Olympics.[7]
In , he won the Commonwealth Shooting Championship gold and the very next week won gold at the World Cup in Mexico.[6]
As of 2 April , he is ranked #3 in the world. His highest ranking has been World #1 in
His career in shooting started early and his interest developed mainly due to his father Gurbir Singh Sandhu who is an Olympian and Arjuna Awardee. His education is from the Lawrence School Sanawar. He further has studied at the YPS Chandigarh, Delhi Public School New Delhi[8] and the Venkateswara College, Delhi University.
He was awarded Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award for –, Indian's highest honour given for achievements in sports.[9]
He won the gold medal at the World Cup , Tucson, US, on 11 April [6]
Sandhu competed at the Rio Summer Olympics, where he finished at 16th place in the men's trap qualification round.[10]
He holds the Asian Record of / Targets.[11]
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