Rahi Sarnobat
Personal information | |
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Born | Kolhapur, India | October 30, 1990
Height | 5.2 ft (1.6 m) (2010) |
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) (2010) |
Sport | |
Country | India |
Sport | 25 metre pistol |
Club | Shiva Chattrapati Sports Complex, Pune |
Team | India |
Coached by | Anatolii Piddubnyi |
Now coaching | Balewadi Shooting Range, Pune |
Rahi Jeevan Sarnobat (Marathi:राही सरनोबत) is a female athlete from India who competes in the event of 25 metres pistol shooting. She won her first gold medal at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India.[1]
She who two gold medals in 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India. She won the first gold in 25m pistol event in pair with Anisa Sayyed. She hails from Kolhapur in Maharashtra. Rahi's inspiration is fellow Maharashtrian & 50m rifle prone world champion Tejaswini Sawant. She became India's first pistol shooter to win gold medal in the world cup. She won the 25m pistol event in the ISSF World cup in Changwon.[2][3] In 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow, she won gold in women’s 25-metre pistol.[4] In the same year, she won the Bronze medal in the 25-metre pistol team event at the 2014 Asian Games at Incheon, where she teamed up with Anisa Sayyed and Heena Sidhu[5]
In May 2015, Rahi was recommended for the country's prestigious, Arjuna Award by the National Rifle Association of India(NRAI).[6]
References
- ^ "Golden Girl - Rahi Sarnobat". TheSportsCampus.com. 26 October 2008.
- ^ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/115404/Sports/women-shooters-break-into-the-male-bastion.html
- ^ http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/sarnobat-wins-gold-in-shooting-wc/article4585521.ece
- ^ "Pistol shooter Rahi Sarnobat wins gold, Anisa Sayyed silver". news.biharprabha.com. IANS. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ http://www.india.com/asian-games-2014/shooters-heena-sidhu-rahi-sarnobat-and-anisa-sayyed-win-4th-bronze-for-india-in-asian-games-2014-154631/
- ^ "Jitu Rai, Rahi recommended for Arjuna Awards by NRAI".
- Indian female sport shooters
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- People from Kolhapur
- Sportspeople from Maharashtra
- Shooters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India
- 1990 births
- Olympic shooters of India
- Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games medalists in shooting
- Shooters at the 2010 Asian Games
- Shooters at the 2014 Asian Games
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