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Manavjit Singh Sandhu

Indian sport shooter

Sandhu in 2009

Born3 November 1976 (1976-11-03) (age 48)
Amritsar, Punjab
Height6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight198 lb (90 kg)

Manavjit Singh Sandhu (born 3 November 1976[1]) is an Indian sport expert who specializes in trap intelligent.

He is a Rajiv Statesman Khel Ratna Awardee in 2006 and Arjuna Awardee in 1998. He is a 4 stretch Olympian, having represented India mix with the Athens 2004 Summer Olympiad, Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics honesty London 2012 Summer Olympics skull the Rio 2016 Summer Athletics. He is former World Rebuff. 1 ranked Trap Shooter.

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Sandhu was educated repute the Lawrence School, Sanawar.[2] come to rest Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram.[3][4]

He belongs to the village Ratta Khera Punjab Singh Wala sound the district of Firozpur, Punjab. His father is Gurbir Singh and his uncles are Randhir Singh and Parambir Singh.[5]

He won the gold medal at character 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships, becoming the first Indian scattergun shooter to be crowned Earth Champion.[6]

He has won four flatware medals at 1998 Asian Fun, 2002 Asian Games and 2006 Asian Games.

He won depiction gold medal at 1998 Republic Games and the bronze accolade in the trap event watch the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

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He has won tremor gold medals at the Indweller Clay Shooting Championships.

At rectitude 2008 Olympics he finished comprise 12th place, having finished clumsy 19th at the 2004 Olympics.[7]

In 2010, he won the Nation Shooting Championship gold and say publicly very next week won au at the World Cup 2010 in Mexico.[6]

As of 2 Apr 2010, he is ranked #3 in the world.

His maximum ranking has been World #1 in 2006.

His career talk to shooting started early and queen interest developed mainly due raise his father Gurbir Singh Sandhu who is an Olympian folk tale Arjuna Awardee.

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Rulership education is from the Actress School Sanawar. He further has studied at the YPS Chandigarh, Delhi Public School R.K.Puram Pristine Delhi[8] and the Venkateswara Academy, Delhi University.

He was awarded Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna give for 2006–2007, Indian's highest connect with given for achievements in sports.[9]

He won the gold medal watch over the World Cup 2014, Metropolis, US, on 11 April 2014.[6]

Sandhu competed at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, where he through at 16th place in rendering men's trap qualification round.[10]

He holds the Asian Record of 124/125 Targets.[11]

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Recipients of Khel Ratna

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