Key facts
- Born
- 28 September 1982, Dehradun
- State of birth
- Dehradun, Uttarakhand
- Sector
- Shooting
- Profession
- Indian sport shooter
- Gender
- Male
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Biography
Abhinav Bindra is an Indian former sport shooter and a businessman. He is an Olympic gold medalist as well as the first and one of only two Indians to win an individual Olympic gold medal. Bindra is also the first Indian to have held concurrently the World and Olympic titles for the men's 10-metre air rifle event, having earned those honours at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2006 World Championships. Bindra has won seven medals at the Commonwealth Games and three medals at the Asian Games.
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Timeline
- 1982Born in Dehradun
- 2008Awarded the CNN-News18 Indian of the Year
- 2024Awarded the Silver Olympic Order
Sources & licences
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- हिंदी विकिपीडिया (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5