| Name(s) |
HEENA SIDHU |
| Date of
Birth |
Aug 29, 1989 |
|
Identity |
Indian Pistol
Shooter |
|
General |
- Apr 07, 2014: She
became the first Indian pistol
shooter to reach number one in world
rankings by the International
Shooting Sport Federation.
- 2013: She became the first
Indian pistol shooter to win a gold
medal in an ISSF World Cup finals
when she won the 10 metre air pistol
event.
- 2014: She was the
World record holder in the 10 metre
air pistol event with a final score
of 203.8.
- Aug 28, 2014: She
was conferred the Arjuna Award.
- She is right handed and is right
eye dominant.
- 2016: She qualified
for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio
de Janeiro in the women's 10 metre
air pistol and the women's 25 metre
pistol events. She finished
fourteenth in the women's 10 metre
air pistol and twentieth in the
women's 25 metre pistol qualifying
rounds.
- 2017: She won gold
medal in women's 10 metre air pistol
event at the Commonwealth shooting
championships in Brisbane.
- 2016: She pulled out
of the Asian Air Gun Championships
in Tehran because Iran made the
wearing of the hijab mandatory for
female participants.
- 2018: At the
Commonwealth Games, she won a silver
medal in the women’s 10 metre air
pistol event, and a Gold medal in
the women’s 25 metre air pistol
event.
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