Abhinav Bindra

Olympic medal record
Men's Shooting
	2008	10m Air Rifle

Abhinav Bindra
File:Abhinav Bindra.jpg
Born	(1982-10-28) October 28, 1982 Dehra Dun, India
Occupation	Sportsman event Shooting -> Rifle
Height	173cm / 5 ft 8 in

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Abhinav Bindra (born September 28, 1982) is an Indian shooter specializing in the 10 m Air Rifle event. At the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, he became the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games and first gold medal since 1980 for India by winning the gold in the 10 m Air Rifle event.

Abhinav Bindra was the youngest Indian participant at the 2000 Olympic Games. He won six gold medals at various international meets in 2001. In the 10 m Air rifle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, Manchester, he won Gold in the Pairs event and Silver in the individual event. At the 2004 Olympic Games, he broke the Olympic record but failed to win a medal. He is a recipient of the Arjuna award in 2001 and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award for the year 2001-2002. Abhinav Bindra's potential talent was first spotted by his first coach Lt. Col. J.S. Dhillon.

Apart from being a shooter, Abhinav Bindra holds an M.B.A. (Masters in Business Administration). He is the CEO of Abhinav Futuristics, a PC games peripherals distributor based in Chandigarh. He studied at the Doon School, Dehradun till 10th standard and then left for St. Stephens school, Chandigarh to pursue shooting.

Beijing Olympics Gold Medal

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Abhinav Bindra won the gold for the Men's 10m Air Rifle final after shooting a total of 700.5, thus becoming the first Indian individual gold medallist ever at the Olympics. He scored 596 (fourth) in the qualifying round and out-scored all other shooters in the finals with a round of 104.5.

This was India's first individual gold medal at the Olympics, and the first gold in 28 years, since the Men's Hockey team won the gold at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

More about Abhinav Bindra

Born: October 29, 1983

Ht: / Wt: 5'8 / 143 lbs

The following biographical information was provided by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG).

Historical Results

Note: A complete explanation of data type and depth can be found in the Additional Information section of the biographyRank Event Year Venue Result Olympic Games 7 10m Air Rifle 2004 Athens, GRE 694.6 World Championships 1 10m Air Rifle 2006 Zagreb, CRO 699.1 Asian Championships 4 10m Air Rifle 2005 Bangkok, THA 695.3

General Interests

Marital status: Single Club name: Ranjitgarh Rifle Club: India Coach: Gaby Buehlmann, Sunny Thomas [national] (ISSF 13/02/04) Handed: Right (ISSF 13/02/04) Additional information: When and where did you begin this sport? He began the sport at the age of 15 in India. (Athlete 14/09/00)

Why this sport? He was attracted to guns and got into the sport because he liked the idea of fame. (Education Sify 28/02/02)

Training Regime He does seven hours of shooting and two hours of stretching and jogging per day. (Education Sify 28/02/02)

Most influential person in career His parents. (Athlete 01/02/00)

Sporting philosophy / motto "For a shooter, all skill lies in concentration." (Education Sify 28/02/02)

Awards and honours He received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for 2001, India's highest national recognition for sportsmen and women. (Tribune India 01/04/06)

He received a K.K. Birla Foundation Sports Award for 2000/01. (Tribune India 19/03/02)

He was awarded the Diploma of Honour by the International Sports Shooting Federation in 2000. (Nriol 28/06/01)

He received an Arjuna Award for 2000, India's second highest national recognition for sportsmen and women. (Tribune India 01/04/06)

General EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION In the 50m rifle 3-position pairs event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, he suffered an early equipment malfunction and was forced to borrow the weapon of teammate Anjali Bhagwat to continue. He ended up shooting a score of 1444, one more than his partner Gagan Narang, as the pair claimed the gold medals. "Shooting is 99 per cent luck and one per cent training," he said afterwards. (Delhi2010 20/03/06, IBN Live 24/03/06)

YOUNGEST COMPETITOR He was the youngest shooter to compete at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and also became the youngest person to represent India at an Olympic Games. (Dimdima 26/02/02)

FAMILY FUNDED His father's financial status provides him with the best competition and training equipment available. "I have an air-conditioned shooting range with a totally computerised Target Transportation System of international standards," he said. "I am also equipped with around seven guns, ammunition, jackets and other shooting paraphernalia." (Education Sify 28/02/02)

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The following results are included in the Competition Highlights field. There can be small discrepancies due to the lack of sources for certain results. Note that the results are sorted on rank within a competition.

Results in Last Olympic Cycle: - All Placings at 2004 Olympic Games - All Placings at 2007 World Championships (Olympic events only) - Top 8 at other World Championships (Olympic events only) - Top 8 at Continental Championships (Olympic events only) - Top 3 at World Cup competitions and World Cup Final

Historical Results (before OG 2004): - Top 8 at 2000 Olympic Games - Top 3 at other Olympic Games - Top 3 at World Championships (Olympic events only, from 1997)

Language spoken: English

References

http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=62851/bio/

External links

• Abhinav Bindra Exclusive Video of Abhinav Bindra winning Gold Medal for India
• Abhinav Bindra's Blog Abhinav Bindra's Road to 2008 Beijing Olympics