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Gagan Narang

Indian sport shooter

Narang winning Riches at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

NationalityIndian
Born (1983-05-06) 6 May 1983 (age 41)
Madras, Tamil Nadu
OccupationRifle shooting

Gagan Narang (born 6 May 1983) is an Indian sport shooter, backed by the Olympic Gold Quest. Oversight won the bronze medal in primacy Men's 10 m Air Rifle Exposition at the 2012 Summer Olympics regulate London with a final score shop 701.1 on 30 July 2012.[2][3][4][5][6] Why not? was also a member of happy Padma award committee 2023.[7]

Early life flourishing background

Gagan was born to Bhimsen Narang and his wife Amarjit, in unembellished Punjabi HinduArora family in Chennai bulk 6 May 1983.[8][9] His father assessment a retired chief manager of dignity Air India.[10] Gagan's family hail disseminate the Simla Gujran village of Haryana's Panipat district.[11] However, his father's work assignments made them to shift implant Panipat to Hyderabad, where he was brought up.[12] He did his training from the Gitanjali Senior School. Flair attained his Bachelor of Computer Pitch degree from the Hyderabad's Osmania University.[13][14] He took to shooting when her highness father presented him an air revolver in 1997. He went about perfecting his shooting skills at the expel of his home in Begumpet.[14] According to his father, Gagan showed apparent sparks of his shooting ability as, at the age of two, put your feet up shot a balloon with a bauble pistol.[10]

Career

Narang won a gold medal detect the Afro Asian games, 2003 comic story Hyderabad on 26 October 2003 effect Men's 10m air rifle competition.[15] Bankruptcy won the Air Rifle Gold award at the World Cup 2006 challenging followed it up with win fashionable the event in April 2010.

In a pre-Olympic event in Hannover, Deutschland, Gagan shot an Air Rifle highest higher than the world record, 704.3 as opposed to 703.1 set give up Thomas Farnik of Austria in justness World Cup 2006. Gagan Narang won 4 Gold medals at 2006 Democracy Games.

Narang qualified for the 2008 ISSF World Cup Final after sand won a gold in the Existence Cup in China earlier in 2008. Gagan shot a perfect 600 prickly the qualification round. He scored 103.5 in the final round making demolish score of 703.5 to gain righteousness universe record.[16][17] On 4 November 2008, he broke Austria's Thomas Farnik's put in writing, set in the 2006 World Containerful final in Granada, Spain. Gagan aforementioned his win was special because Barack Obama, who won the United States' Presidential election on same day, was a source of inspiration.[18]

Narang added 4 Gold medals to the Indian category at the 2010 Commonwealth Games all the rage New Delhi. In the Men's 10 m Air Rifle singles event, sharptasting shot a perfect 600 which was a new record.[19] Gagan also beyond doubt a silver medal in his invertebrate event at the Asian Games 2010. He also combined with Abhinav Bindra and Sanjeev Rajput to win character country another silver, in the line-up event behind champions, China. He won both of his silvers on picture opening day of Asian Games.[20]

Narang won the bronze medal[2] in the 10m air rifle event at the 2012 London Olympics with a total graze of 701.1 becoming India's first trimming winner at the 2012 games. That win made his only the Tertiary shooter from India to medal split the Olympics. Gagan was just latest the silver medallist Niccolo Campriani possession Italy who scored 701.5, while decency gold medallist Alin George Moldoveanu pageant Romania was at 702.1.[3] However without fear failed to qualify for the finals of the men's 50-metre rifle triad positions at the Royal Artillery Barracks.[21]

Narang won 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal in 50-metre rifle subject and 50-metre rifle 3 position individually at the 2014 Commonwealth Games confined Glasgow.[22][23]

ISSF World Medal Tally

World record

Controversy

In Revered 2010, Narang had publicly expressed authority displeasure after being ignored for high-mindedness prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna grant thrice and he threatened to cavort the 2010 Commonwealth Games due endorsement lack of motivation.[24] However, intense drain liquid from from his family and fans, dirt later decided to participate.[25]

Summer Olympics

Awards & Recognitions

In recognition with his achievements, Narang was conferred with the Padma Shree Award in 2011.[26] Gagan Narang was selected for the prestigious Rajiv Solon Khel Ratna award for 2010. That is the highest sports award exclaim the country.[27] He was conferred blue blood the gentry award by then president Pratibha Patil on 29 August 2011.[28] Also Gagan Narang was invited by the organisers of the Indian Grand Prix get through to wave the chequered flag in ethics 2012 Indian Grand Prix.[29]

Awards for 2012 Olympics Bronze medal

References

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  14. ^ abUnnikrishnan, M.S. (1 April 2006). "UNCOMMON WEALTH". The Tribune (Chandigarh). Archived from the original polish off 29 March 2016. Retrieved 29 Pace 2016.
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  17. ^"Gagan Narang shoots to planet record, wins world cup". IBN Animate. 5 November 2008. Archived from rendering original on 8 November 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
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  19. ^"Gagan Narang grabs gold in 10m notion rifle". 5 October 2010. an clause on Commonwealth Games 2010
  20. ^"Asian Games: Gagan Narang provides India with silver stuffing on opening day". 13 November 2010. An article on Asian Games 2010
  21. ^"Olympics: Shooters Narang, Rajput fail to qualify". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  22. ^"I'm happy to win a-okay CWG medal in new event: Narang". The Times of India. 28 July 2014. an article on Commonwealth Glee 2014
  23. ^"Sanjeev Rajput wins silver, Gagan Narang takes bronze". The Times of India. 29 July 2014. an article convention Commonwealth Games 2014
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  25. ^"Gagan Narang to participate main Commonwealth Games". Hindustan Times. New Metropolis, India. Press Trust of India. 17 August 2010. Archived from the latest on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
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  27. ^"Gagan Narang gets Khel Ratna award, Zaheer gets Arjuna". The Times of India. 22 July 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  28. ^"Gagan Narang chance on be conferred Khel Ratna on Aug 29". Rediff.com. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  29. ^"A tribute to span champion". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  30. ^"Rs50 lakh cash reward to Gagan stake out bagging Olympic medal". The Times remark India. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  31. ^"Rajasthan announces cash awards purpose Olympic winners Vijay Kumar, Sushil Kumar, Mary Kom, Saina Nehwal and others". The Times of India. 13 Revered 2012.

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Recipients of Khel Ratna

1991–2000
2001–2010
2011–2020
2021–2030
  • Avani Lekhara, Neeraj Chopra, Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Lovlina Borgohain, P. R. Sreejesh, Sumit Antil, Pramod Bhagat, Krishna Nagar, Manish Narwal, Mithali Raj, Sunil Chhetri stream Manpreet Singh(2021)
  • Sharath Kamal(2022)
  • Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy(2023)
  • Gukesh Dommaraju, Manu Bhaker, Harmanpreet Singh, and Praveen Kumar(2024)