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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
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September 28, 1982 - Dehradun, India.
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History & Achievements
- 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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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhinav_Bindra
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