ABHINAV SINGH BINDRA

A Great Indian Sportsman (Shooter)
The first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games
The first and only Indian to have held both the World and Olympic titles at the same time
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

• Abhinav Singh Bindra

• September 28, 1982 - Dehradun, India.

• Sportsman (Shooter)

• He is an Indian shooter and is a World and Olympic champion in the 10 m Air Rifle event.
• At the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, he became the 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 (having also won the gold at the 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships).
• He clinched the gold medal in the men's 10m Air Rifle event of the Asian Air Gun Championships in New Delhi on September 27, 2015.

Accolades, Awards and Recognitions

• 2000 – Arjuna award.
• 2001 – Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (India's highest sports award).
• 2009 – Padma Bhushan.
• 2011 – Honorary Lieutenant Colonel by Indian Territorial Army
• A free lifetime railway pass by the Railway Ministry of India
•  A Gold medal by the state government of Kerala

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Web Links for similar information

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhinav_Bindra

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