Key facts
- Born
- 19 August 1985, Himachal Pradesh
- State of birth
- Himachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh
- Sector
- Shooting
- Profession
- Indian sport shooter
- Gender
- Male
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Biography
Honorary Captain Vijay Kumar Sharma, AVSM, SM is an Indian sport shooter. He won the silver medal in the individual 25 metre rapid fire pistol event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Kumar hails from Barsar village of Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh and is a retired Subedar Major in the Dogra Regiment Indian Army, who was later promoted to Honorary Captain Rank. Vijay Kumar is supported by the Olympic Gold Quest initiative. He is the only Indian to have won an Olympic medal at 25m rapid Fire Pistol. He has been posted at Indian Army Marksmanship Unit (AMU) Mhow since 2003 until retirement, where he was coached by the Russian Pavel Smirnov.
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Timeline
- 1985Born in Himachal Pradesh
Sources & licences
- English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- हिंदी विकिपीडिया (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5