Biography of Abhinav Bindra

Abhinav Bindra Biography

ABHINAV BINDRA PROFILE

NAME: ABHINAV BINDRA

Abhinav Bindra hit the bull’s eye in the 10m air-rifle to become the first Indian ever to win an individual gold in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

Date of Birth: 28.9.1982 Event: Air Rifle 10m

Youngest Indian participant at the 2000 Olympic Games.

Won six gold medals at various international meets in 2001.

At the 2004 Olympic Games, he broke the Olympic record but failed to win a medal.

Arjuna awardee in 2001 and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award for the year 2001-2002.

First coach: Lt Col J S Dhillon.

Holds an MBA. He is the CEO of Abhinav Futuristics, a PC games peripherals distributor based in Chandigarh.

Studied at the Doon School, Dehradun till 10th standard and then left for St Stephen’s school, Chandigarh to pursue shooting.

MEDALS WON

Olympic Games, Beijing 2008 - Gold

ISSF World Shooting Championships, Zagreb 2006 - Gold

Commonwealth Games, Manchester 2002 - Silver, Gold (in pairs event)

Commonwealth Games, Melbourne 2006 - Bronze, Gold (in pairs event)

Asian Shooting Championship in 2007 - gold (team)

Asian Airgun Championship at Nanjing, 2008 - silver

(The Times Of India dated 12.08.2008)

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