1. BADMINTON :
Badminton is a type of indoor game which is played between either two teams or two players.
Badminton Female Players:
1. PV Sindhu (Women’s single):
- Pusarla Venkata Sindhu is an Indian badminton player born on July 5 1995 in Hyderabad, India. Sindhu entered the international circuit at the age of 14 in the year 2009.
- She is the first and only Indian to become the badminton world champion and only the second individual athlete from India to win two consecutive medals at the Olympic Games.
- She won Silver medal in Olympics against Brazil in the year 2016 and Bronze medal against Japan in 2020.
2. Tanisha Crasto/Ashwini Ponnappa (women’s doubles):
Tanisha Crasto:
- Tanisha Crasto is an Indian badminton player born on May 5 2003 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
- Tanisha is a fresh women to play badminton for olympics 2024.
- She formerly represented Bahrain and won the women’s doubles event at the 2016 Bahrain International Challenge.
Ashwini Ponnappa:
- Ashwini Ponnappa Machimanda is an Indian badminton player born on 18 September 1989 in bangalore.
- She played 3 times in olympics but could not make a win.
- She won her first national title in 2004 in the sub-junior girls’ doubles category.
- She represents the country at the international badminton circuit in both the women’s and mixed doubles disciplines.
Badminton Men players:
1. HS Prannoy-Men’s (singles)
- Prannoy Haseena Sunil Kumar, also known as H. S. Prannoy is an Indian badminton player born on 17 July 1992 in Delhi, India.
- Prannoy H.S. came into the international scene when he won his international medal by bagging Silver at the 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore.
- Prannoy took up an interest in badminton at the age of 10.His father is a former badminton player and All India Air Force Badminton Champion.
2. Lakshya Sen- Men’s (Singles)
- Lakshya Sen, is a rising Indian badminton star born on 16 August 2001 in Almora, Uttarakhand, India.
- He is debut player for olympics 2024.
- He won gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and silver at the 2022 Asian Games, highlighting his international success.
3. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (Men’s doubles)
- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy is an Indian badminton player born on 13 August 2000 in Andhra pradesh, India.
- He and his partner, Chirag Shetty, are the only doubles pair from India to become World No. 1 in BWF World Ranking, win BWF World Tour 1000 series, and became the first Indians to win a gold at the Asian games in badminton.
- He achieved a new Guinness World Record for the fastest hit in badminton by a male player, with his smash reaching a speed of 565 km/h.
4. Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty (Men’s doubles):
- Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty is an Indian badminton player born on 4 July 1997 in Malad, Mumbai.
- In 2018, Shetty and Sathvik Sairaj Rankireddy played a pivotal role in helping India win a historic gold medal in the mixed team event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, where they also won silver in the men’s doubles event.
2. ARCHERY:
Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow and arrow to hit the target
Female Archery players:
1. Bhajan Kaur:
- Bhajan Kaur is an Indian archer born 26 August 2005 In Haryana.
- She won Bronze in Women’s team recumbent at the Asian Games, 2022.
2. Deepika Kumari:
- Deepika Kumari is an Indian Arecher player born on June 13, 1994, in Ranchi, Bihar, India.
- In 2006 she entered the professional journey at the Tata Archery Academy in Jamshedpur where proper training and equipment with a stipend were provided.
Major Achievements:
- 2010 Commonwealth Games: Deepika won gold medals in both the women’s individual recurve and team recurve events.
- World Cup Success: She claimed victories in two World Cup stages, one in Guatemala and another in Paris, which propelled her to the world number one ranking after nine years at the Paris World Cup.
- Olympics: Deepika qualified for both the Individual and Team events at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
- Arjuna Award: In 2012, she was honoured with the Arjuna Award, India’s second highest sporting accolade.
- FICCI Sportsperson of the Year: Awarded in February 2014.
- Padma Shri: Received India’s fourth highest civilian award in 2016.
- Deepika married fellow archer Atanu Das on June 30, 2020. The couple welcomed their daughter, Vedika, in January 2023.
3. Ankita Bhakat:
- Ankita Bhakat was born on 17 June 1998 in Kolkata, West Bengal.
- She joined Tata Archery Academy in Jamshedpur in 2014 and was coached by Dharmendra Tiwari, Purnima Mahato, and Ram Awdesh.
- The Seoul International Youth Archery Festa was held in September 2015, and she participated. She finished with an individual recurve bronze and a team silver there.
- In 2017, she clinched a silver medal in the women’s team event, which took place in Bangkok, after semifinals in individual events.
Archery Men’s players:
1.Bommadevara Dhiraj:
- Born on 3rd September 2001, Bommadevara Dhiraj is ranked 15th in the world in the recurve men’s individual and team events, representing India. He has confirmed his 2024 qualification for the Paris Summer Olympics and recently grabbed a bronze at this year’s 2024 World Cup event in Antalya.
Personal Life
- Dhiraj is from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. His father is Bommadevara Shravan Kumar who used to work with the Archery Association of India. Dhiraj was a student at SRR and CVR Government Degree College in Vijayawada. He began training in archery at Volga Archery Academy in 2006. He was recruited to the Army as a Havaldar in 2021, after four years of training at the Army Sports Institute in Pune. He is supported by Olympic Gold Quest.
Career
- Dhiraj was part of the Indian contingent at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. He went on to win in the men’s recurve team event—alongside Atanu Das and Tushar Shelke—after losing in the final to the South Korean team.
- In 2023, he is competing in the World Championships in Berlin, Germany, in team, individual, and mixed events; he took part in the World Cups in Antalya. He won two bronze medals in team and individual events at the World Cup Stage 3 held at Medellin, Colombia. He appeared in the World Cup at Hermosillo in September 2023.
- In January 2022, he got the better of Tokyo Olympian Tarundeep Rai to win a ranking tournament in Hyderabad. Earlier in 2021, he had won bronzes in individual events at World Cups in Guatemala City and Paris.
- Dhiraj finished fourth in the men’s individual ranking round with an overall score of 681 at the 2024 Paris Olympics. This helped the Indian men’s team finish third, while the mixed team with Ankita Bhakat finished in fifth place in the ranking rounds.
2. Tarundeep Rai:
- Tarundeep Rai, is a well-known archer from Sikkim who was born on February 22, 1984, and has recently been awarded the Padma Shri for his excellence in sports in 2021.
- To date he has participated in three Olympic Games and has been chosen to compete in both individual and team events of this sport at the 2024 Summer Olympics going to Paris.
- Early Life Prajush Rai is from Namchi, Sikkim, India. He is funded by the sports NGO, Olympic Gold Quest.
Career
- At only 19 years old, Rai made his international debut during the 2003 Asian Archery Championship held in Yangon, Myanmar. He became the first Indian to win an individual silver medal when he competed at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou on November 24th 2010.
- In addition, he won bronze as part of India’s team at the 15th Asian Games held in Doha back in 2006. Other than being a flag bearer at the 2004 Athens Olympics, Rai scored 647 points placing him 32nd among men’s individual ranking rounds.
- In the first round of 18 though, Alexandros Karageorgiou from Greece eliminated him by scoring 147 against his 143 resulting to finishing 43rd overall. He was also part of the Indian men’s archery team that positioned itself 11th within those games.
3. Pravin Ramesh Jadhav:
- Pravin Ramesh Jadhav was born on 6 July 1996 in Sarade, a drought-prone village in Satara district, Maharashtra.
- In 2017, Jadhav was inducted into the Indian Army under the sports quota, after Colonel Vikram Dhayal, coach of the compound team, observed his talent in the 2016 World Cup. As of 2019, Jadhav is a havaldar in the Indian Army.
- The forthcoming competition where Jadhav will represent India is at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris—the further journey of one of India’s top archers.
Career Highlights
- Jadhav made his international debut for India at the 2016 Asia Cup Stage 1 held in Bangkok, whereby he won a bronze medal in the men’s recurve team event. He also participated in the 2016 Archery World Cup stage held in Medellín as a member of the Indian B team.
- The biggest win of Jadhav’s career came in the 2019 World Archery Championships. Besides teammates Atanu Das and Tarundeep Rai, Jadhav was in the Indian men’s recurve team that reached the final for the first time since 2005.
- The team got past sixth-seeded Canada in the knockout stage before beating third-seeded Chinese Taipei and hosts Netherlands in the quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively. It finally settled for a silver medal following defeat at the hands of China in the final.
3. GOLF:
Golf is a sport in which players use various clubs to hit a ball into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. It is a game played on a large outdoor course, the object being to propel a small hard ball into a series of ‘holes’ with as few strokes as possible, using a variety of wood or iron-tipped sticks or ‘golf clubs’.The goal is to complete the course with the fewest number of strokes.
Female Golf player:
1. Aditi Ashok:
- Aditi Ashok is an Indian professional golfer from Bangalore. She was born on 29 March 1998 She plays on the Ladies European Tour and LPGA Tour.
- She made her Olympic Games debut at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, representing India in golf and finished 4th.
2. Diksha Dagar:
- Diksha Dagar is an Indian professional golfer born on 14 December 2000 in Jhajjar.
- She became the leading amateur ladies golfer in India from November 2015.
- Diksha Dagar represented India in the 2017 Summer Deaf Olympics where golf was included in the Summer Deaf Olympics for the first time and won a silver medal in the women’s individual golf event.
Men’s golf players:
1. Shubhankar Sharma:
- Shubhankar Sharma is an Indian professional golfer born on 21 July 1996 in Jammu.
- In December 2017, he recorded his first tour win in the Joburg Open and followed this with a second win at the Maybank Championship in February 2018.
- Sharma played on the Asian Development Tour in 2014. He also finished fourth in the Panasonic Open India, a 2014 Asian Tour event.
2. Gaganjeet Singh Bhullar:
- Gaganjeet Singh Bhullar is an Indian professional golfer born on 27 April 1988.
- Bhullar started his professional career on the Professional Golf Tour of India in the year 2006.
4. BOXING:
Boxing is perhaps the world’s oldest martial art reason dictates that empty-handed combat is as old as human conflict before the advent of weaponry some incarnation of punching and wrestling and perhaps kicking would have been the first martial art indeed boxing has been around since the dawn of man and has the rich history of all combat sports. Let us know the ancient history of boxing.
Female Boxer players:
1. Nikhat Zareen:
- Nikhat Zareen is an Indian boxer born on 14 June 1996 in Nizamabad.
- She won a gold medal at the 2011 AIBA Women’s Youth & Junior World Boxing Championships held in Antalya.
- Zareen won gold medals at the 2022 Istanbul, and 2023 New Delhi IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships.
2. Preeti Pawar:
- Preeti Pawar is an Indian boxer born 23 October 2003 in Bhiwani, Haryana.
- She was inspired by her parents to take up sports as both of her parents are former athletes.
3. Jaismine Lamboria:
- Jaismine Lamboria is an Indian boxer born 30 August 2001.
- She won a bronze medal at the 2021 Asian Boxing Championships in featherweight category, and a bronze medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the lightweight category.
4. Lovlina Borgohain:
- Lovlina Borgohain is an Indian boxer born 2 October 1997 in Assam, India.
- She won a bronze medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in the women’s welterweight event, becoming only the third Indian boxer to win a medal at the Olympics.
Male boxer players:
1. Amit Panghal:
- Subedar Amit Panghal is an Indian boxer born 16 October 1995 in Haryana, India.
- He won silver medal at the 2019 AIBA World Boxing Championships in the Flyweight division.
- As of March 2018, Panghal is serving as a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) in the Indian Army.He is serving in 22nd Battalion The Mahar Regiment.
2. Nishant Dev:
- Nishant Dev is an Indian amateur boxer born on 23 December 2000.
- He won bronze medal in the 71 kg category at the IBA Men’s World Boxing Championships in Uzbekistan.
5. SWIMMING:
Swimming is a popular activity and competitive sport that uses techniques to navigate the water. It offers numerous health benefits including improved cardiovascular health, increased muscle tone and increased flexibility. Suitable for people of all ages and fitness levels.
Women swimmer
1. Dhinidhi Desinghu:
- Dhinidhi Desinghu is an Indian swimmer born on 17 May 2010 from Karnataka, India.
- Desinghu started swimming as a leisure activity just before Covid in 2018.
- In July 2023, she won gold at the 76th Senior National Aquatic Championships in the women’s 200m freestyle. She also won gold at the 54th Singapore National Age Group in the 200m freestyle in March 2024.
Men Swimmer
1. Srihari Nataraj:
- Srihari Nataraj is an Indian swimmer born on 16 January 200 in Karnataka, India.
- In 2018, he represented India at the Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia.
6. TABLE TENNIS:
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong is a game in which two or four players use a small racquet to bounce a small ball, also known as a ping-pong ball, back and forth on a table with a game net Runs on a partitioned hard table.
Female table tennis players:
1. Sreeja Akula:
- Sreeja Akula is an Indian table tennis player born 31 July 1998 in Hyderabad, India.
- She was the gold medalist in Women’s Doubles and Women’s Team events in Table tennis at the 2019 South Asian Games.
- She also have become the second one ever Indian paddler to reach the Pre-Quarterfinals inside the Olympics at the Paris Olympics 2024.
2. Manika Batra:
- Manika Batra is an Indian table tennis player born 15 June 1995 in Delhi, India.
- Batra won three gold medals at the 2016 South Asian Games.
3. Archana Kamath:
- Archana Girish Kamath is an Indian table tennis player born on 17 June 2000.
- She won the gold medal at the 2023 National Games of India in women’s singles.
Men’s Table Tennis players:
1. Harmeet Desai:
- Harmeet Desai is an Indian table tennis player born on 19 July 1993 in Gujarat, India.
- Harmeet Desai won a gold medal in the men’s team and a bronze medal in the men’s doubles category for table tennis at the Commonwealth Games 2018.
2. Sharath Kamal:
- Achanta Sharath Kamal, known as Sharath Kamal, is an Indian professional table tennis player born on 12 July 1982 in Chennai, India.
- In 2019 he was awarded the Padma Shri.
- He won the Gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
- Sharath qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics, however, he made a first round exit in the men’s individual event.
3. Manav Thakkar:
- Manav Thakkar is an Indian table tennis player born on 14 April 2000 in Gujarat, India.
- Thakkar holds the number 1 position in ITTF World Under-21 Men Singles Rankings.
7. WRESTLING:
Wrestling, game practised in various patterns by using competitors, involving forcing an opponent to touch the ground withome part of the body other than his feet; forcing him into a sure position, normally supine (on his again); or conserving him in that role for a minimum length of time.
Female wrestlers:
1. Vinesh Phogat:
- Vinesh Phogat is an Indian wrestler born on 25 August 1994 in Haryana, India.
- She became the first Indian woman wrestler to win a gold at both the Commonwealth and Asian Games.
- She got Gold at the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games in 2018 in the 50 kg category.
2. Antim Panghal:
- Antim Panghal is an Indian wrestler born on 31 August 2004 in Haryana, India.
- She was India’s first-ever U-20 world wrestling champion.
- She won Arjuna award in the year 2023.
3. Anshu Malik:
- Anshu Malik is an Indian freestyle wrestler born born on 5 August 2001 in Haryana, India.
- She won one of the bronze medals in the 57 kg event at the 2020 Asian Wrestling Championships held in New Delhi, India.
4. Nisha Dahiya:
- Nisha Dahiya is an Indian wrestler from Haryana, India.
- She is the fifth Indian wrestler to make to Paris 2024.
8. WEIGHT LIFTING:
Weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells or barbells.
1. Mirabai Chanu:
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu is an Indian weightlifter born on 9 August 1994 in Manipur, India.
- Chanu qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics in the women’s 48 kg category but could not complete the event.
- She won the silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the Women’s 49 kg event.
9. TENNIS:
Tennis is a sport played against two opponents (singles) or two players (doubles) to play a ball of a set size, weight, and over a net on a court that is triangle by hard-wired racquets.
1. Sumit Nagal: (Men’s singles)
- Sumit Nagal is an Indian professional tennis player born on 16 August 1997 in Haryana, India.
- He was selected for Olympic debut in the year 2021.
- Nagal started playing tennis at the age of 8 at a local sports club.
2. Rohan Bopanna (Men’s doubles):
- Rohan Bopanna is an Indian professional tennis player who specialises in doubles born on 4 March 1980 in Karnataka, India.
- He is the recipient of India’s second highest sporting honour, the Arjuna Award, in 2019. In 2024, he will be nominated for the Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian award.
- Rohan is married to Supriya Annaiah, resides in Banglore.
3. Sriram Balaji:
- Sriram Balaji is an Indian professional tennis player born on 18 March 1990 in Coimbatore, India.
- He started playing tennis at the age of 9.
- He played his debut Davis cup partnering Rohan Bopanna in March 2017 making India win 3–0 and enter into Davis Cup World Play off.
10. ROWING:
Rowing is a sport held on the surface of the water, where athletes propel a boat using oars.
1. Balraj Panwar:
- Balraj Panwar is an Indian rower born in the year 2000 from Haryana, India.
- He competes in the men’s single sculls. He qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the men’s single sculls.
- Panwar won a bronze medal at the Asia-Oceania Olympic Qualification rowing competition in Chungju, South Korea, on April 21, 2024, securing India’s first rowing quota for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
11. SAILING:
Sailing is a sport that involves moving a boat by using the power of the wind.
1. Vishnu Saravanan:
- Vishnu Saravanan is an Indian sailor born on 24 February 1999 in Tamilnadu, India.
- He is the first Indian sailor to qualify for the Paris Olympics 2024.
- Saravanan won a bronze medal at the Under-21 World Championships in Croatia, which was his first notable achievement in 2019.
2. Nethra Kumanan:
- Nethra Kumanan is an Indian sailer born on 21 August 1997 in Tamilnadu, India.
- She is the second qualified for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.
- Nethra is the first Indian woman to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics in sailing.
12. JUDO:
Judo is a martial art that originated in Japan and is now known worldwide as an Olympic sport. Judo, the system of unarmed combat, is now a major sport. The rules of judo are complicated.
1.Tulika Maan:
- Tulika Maan is an Indian judoka born on 9 September 1998 in Delhi, India.
- She competes won the silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the +78 kg weight class.
13. EQUESTRIAN:
Equestrian sports are a number of equestrian events held in horse shows and equestrian competitions that are the main events of the Winter Olympic Games.
1. Anush Agarwalla:
- Anush Agarwalla is an Indian equestrian born on 25 November 1999 in Kolkata, India.
- He competed at the 2022 World Equestrian Games and was the first Indian dressage rider, alongside Shruti Vora, competing at the Dressage World Championships.
14. SHOOTING:
Shooting, the sport of firing at targets of various kinds with rifles, handguns.
Female shooting players:
1. Manu Bhaker:
- Manu Bhaker is an Indian sport shooter born on 18 February 2002 in Haryana, India.
- She is the first women shooter who won two bronze medals at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
- At the age of 14 she decided to focus on shooting sport.
2.Rhythm Sangwan:
- Rhythm Sangwan is an Indian sport shooter born on 29 November 2003 in Haryana, India.
- Sangwan has made a strong contender in junior championships and transitioned into the senior competitions.
3. Anjum Moudgil:
- Anjum Moudgil is an Indian sport shooter born on 5 January 1994 in Chandigarh, India.
- Moudgil has been a medalist at the ISSF World Cup and over the years has consistently shown herself to be one of the better performers.
- She is selected in Quota secured in 50m Rifle 3 Positions.
4. Sift Kaur Samra:
- Sift Kaur Samra is an Indian sport shooter born on 9 September 2001 in Punjab, India.
- She won the individual gold medal in the Women’s 3 positions category.
5. Elavenil Valarivan:
- Elavenil Valarivan is an Indian sport shooter born on 2 August 1999 Tamil Nadu, India.
- She received Arjuna Award in the year 2022.
- She has consistently been doing well in junior and senior competitions with record-breaking and qualifying through strong performances.
6. Esha Singh:
- Esha Singh is an Indian sport shooter born on 1 January 2005 in Telangana, India.
- She won silver medal at the ISSF Junior World Cup at Suhl, Germany in 2019.
- Singh won gold at the Asian Airgun Championships in Taoyuan, Taiwan in March–April, 2019.
7. Ramita Jindal:
- Ramita Jindal is an Indian sport shooter born on 16 January 2004, in Haryana, India.
- She won a silver medal in the women’s 10 metre air rifle team event in 2022.
- She won bronze medal in the women’s 10 metre air rifle event in 2022.
8. Shreyasi Singh:
- Shreyasi Singh is an Indian sport shooter born on 29 August 1991 in Bihar, India.
- She won a gold medal in the Shooting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
9. Raiza Dhillon:
- Raiza Dhillon is an Indian sport shooter born on 20 April 2004 in Haryana, India.
- She became the first Indian woman to potentially qualify for an Olympic skeet event.
10.Maheshwari Chauhan:
- Maheshwari Chauhan is an Indian sport shooter born on 4 July 1996 in Rajasthan India.
- She qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics at Paris and will represent India in the skeet event.
- She was the first Indian to win an individual medal in women’s skeet at an international event.
11. Rajeshwari Kumari:
- Rajeshwari Kumari, is an Indian sport shooter born on 10 December 1991 in Delhi, India.
- She won the silver medal at the Women’s trap team event in the 2022 Asian Games.
- As of 2024, she is the 9th ranked women’s trap shooter in the world.
Men’s Shooting players:
1. Arjun Babuta:
- Arjun Babuta is an Indian sport shooter born on 24 January 1999 in Punjab, India.
- He won one gold medal and one bronze medal in the 10m air rifle event at 2016 ISSF Junior World Cup in Gabala.
- Babuta won silver in the 10 metre air rifle event, earning India a quota place to the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
2. Sandeep Singh:
- Sandeep Singh is an Indian sport shooter born on 20 January 1996 in Punjab, India.
- He was ranked 5th in Indian mixed team in the Rio de Janeiro World Cup in September 2023.
3. Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar:
- Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar is an Indian sport shooter born on 3 February 2001 in Madhya Pradesh, India.
- He won the bronze medal in the 50 metre rifle three positions event at the 2019 Asian Shooting Championships.
- He is participating in Paris Olympics for the second time.
- He received the Arjuna award in the year 2023.
4. Swapnil Kusale:
- Swapnil Kusale is an Indian sport shooter born on 6 August 1995 in Maharashtra, India.
- He is the the first Indian to qualify for the final of the men’s 50 metre rifle three positions event and won the bronze medal a with a score of 451.4 in the final.
- He won gold in 50m rifle prone 3 in the junior category in 2015 Asian Shooting Championships in Kuwait in 2015.
5. Arjun Cheema:
- Arjun Cheema is an Indian sport shooter born on 13 June 2001 in Punjab, India.
- He won Gold at the 2022 Asian Games, Hangzhou, China in 10m air pistol team.
6. Sarabjot Singh:
- Sarabjot Singh is an Indian sport shooter born on 30 September 2001.
- He won the bronze medal in 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event.
7. Anish Bhanwala:
- Anish Bhanwala is an Indian sport shooter born on 26 September 2002 in Haryana, India.
- He has been a part of the Indian shooting team since 2017.
- He won gold in the men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol In ISSF Junior World Cup 2019, Germany.
8. Vijayveer Sidhu:
- Vijayveer Sidhu is an Indian sport shooter born on 21 June 2002 in Punjab, India.
- He won the bronze medal in Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol team in the 2022 Asian Games.
- He is selected in Olympic quota berth for the Paris Olympics in the 25m rapid fire by winning a silver medal at the Asian Olympic Qualifiers on 13 January 2024 at Jakarta.
9. Prithviraj Tondaiman:
- Prithviraj Tondaiman is an Indian sport shooter born on 6 June 1987.
- In July, 2023 he won the bronze medal in the men’s trap event at the ISSF World Cup Shotgun in Lonato, Italy.
- In March, 2023 he won a bronze at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup at Doha.
10. Anantjeet Singh Naruka:
- Anantjeet Singh Naruka is an Indian sport shooter born on 1 July 1998 in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
- He won the gold medal in men’s skeet at the 2015 National Shotgun Championships in Jaipur.
