| Name(s) |
ABHINAV Singh BINDRA |
| Date of
Birth |
September 28, 1982 |
|
Identity |
Indian shooter and a World and
Olympic champion in the 10 m Air Rifle
event. |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- July 24, 2006 - He became the
first Indian shooter to win a World Championship gold
in Zagreb.
- August 11, 2008 - He won the
gold medal in the men's 10 m air rifle shooting
event. In doing so, he won the first ever individual gold
medal for India, and the first medal in any event for India
at the Beijing Games.
- October 29, 2010 - He was the
first of many thousands of relay runners who
carried the baton for the New Delhi 2010
Commonwealth Games, across the globe. The New Delhi
2010 Commonwealth Games Queen’s Baton Relay
commenced from Buckingham Palace on this day with
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II passing the baton in the
presence of former President of India, Pratibha Patil.
- October 27, 2011 - HarperSport
published his autobiography, A Shot at
History: My Obsessive Journey to Olympic Gold which he
co-authored with sportswriter Rohit Brijnath in October
2011. It was formally released by Union Sports minister,
Ajay Maken on this day at a function in New Delhi
- September 27, 2015: He clinched
the gold medal in the men's 10m Air Rifle event of the Asian
Air Gun Championships in New Delhi on this day.
- August 06, 2016 - As the Rio Olympic
Games get underway, the athletes' parade included the Indian
contingent, led by its flag bearer and the
only individual Olympic gold medallist, Abhinav Bindra, who
entered the stadium as the 95th country. Around 70 Indian
athletes (out of 118) and 24 officials took part in the
march past.
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Other Events &
Developments |
- First Indian to win an
individual gold medal at
the Olympic Games.
- It was also India's
first gold medal since 1980,
when the Men's Field Hockey Team won
the gold.
- He is the first and only
Indian to have held both the World
and Olympic titles at the same time,
a feat he accomplished by capturing
the Gold Medal at the 2008 Olympic
Games in Beijing, after having won
the gold at the 2006 ISSF World
Shooting Championships.
- He won Gold Medal in 2014
Commonwealth Games at Glasgow.
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Awards & Accolades |
- 2000 – Arjuna award.
- 2001 – Rajiv Gandhi Khel
Ratna (India's highest
sports award).
- 2009 – Padma Bhushan.
- 2011 – Honorary lieutenant
colonel by Indian Territorial Army
- ....... besides many prizes in
cash and/or kind by vaious State
Governments and ministries and
agencies.
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