Human Interest |
Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Indore, IND |
Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
Indian Army: India |
Name of coach |
Victor Venenko [personal], UKR |
Handedness |
Right eye, right hand |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
He took up shooting in 2004 at the Indian Army's training range in Pune, India. |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Athlete, Serves in the Army, Student |
Languages |
Hindi, Punjabi, English |
General Interest |
Injuries |
In September 2014 he was diagnosed with cervical spondylitis, a neck related complaint. The injury was a result of over training. (indianexpress.com, 26 Sep 2014) |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
"Shooting started after I joined the army. Before that I had no idea about the sport. When I joined the army in 2004 and was undergoing training in Pune, an internal instructor had come to scout new talent. They told me to join the training system because I had shot well during training. But what they had seen was nothing but a fluke. I had lined up for a shot during combat training, the soldier besides me took his shot and such was the sound that I inadvertently ended up releasing the trigger. I have no idea how the trigger got pulled but the shot hit the bullseye. And I was the only one who hit the bullseye. And that changed my life." |
General Interest |
Ambitions |
To compete at the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com, 18 May 2018) |
International Debut |
Year |
2009 |
Competing for |
India |
Further Personal Information |
Higher education |
Humanities - Lovely Professional University: India |
General Interest |
Awards and honours |
In August 2016 he received the Arjuna Award, the highest sporting honour in India. (pib.nic.in, 22 Aug 2016) |