Fouaad Mirza
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Indian |
Born | Bangalore, Karnataka, India[1] | 6 March 1992
Sport | |
Country | India |
Sport | Equestrian |
Medal record |
Fouaad Mirza (born 6 March 1992) is an Indian equestrian who won silver medals in both the individual eventing and the team eventing at the 2018 Asian Games. He became the first Indian since 1982 to win a medal at an individual event in the sport at the Asian Games.[2]
In 2019, Mirza received the Arjuna Award.[3]
In October 2019, he won gold at CCI3*-S event held in Strzegom, Poland.[4]
On 7th January 2020, Mirza become first India in last 20 years to qualify for Olympic after finishing first in South East Asia, Oceania group.[5]
References
- ^ "MIRZA Fouaad". Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Palembang. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
- ^ "India's Fouaad Mirza wins equestrian silver at Asian Games". ESPN.in. 26 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
- ^ "Fouaad Mirza overwhelmed by Arjuna honour". Sportstar. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ PTI. "Equestrian: Fouaad Mirza wins gold at Olympic qualifying event". Sportstar. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "Equestrian: Fouaad Mirza officially Qualify for Tokyo olympic". Sportstalk24. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
Categories:
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Indian male equestrians
- Sportspeople from Bangalore
- Equestrians at the 2014 Asian Games
- Equestrians at the 2018 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for India
- Asian Games medalists in equestrian
- Indian sportspeople stubs
- Asian equestrian biography stubs