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Honorary Captain Vijay Kumar Sharma, AVSM, SM (born 19 August 1985) 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 (Warrant Officer Class I) in the Dogra Regiment (16th Battalion) Indian Army, who was later promoted to Honorary Captain Rank. Vijay Kumar is supported by the Olympic Gold Quest initiative. He ...
Apr 12, 2022 · More sports News: Among the eight finalists of the men's 25m rapid fire pistol (RFP) event at the 2021 National Championships was a familiar name: Vijay Kumar, the 2012
Jul 23, 2024 · Olympic medallist shooter Vijay Kumar feels both the personal and national coaches play an equal role in the growth of an athlete as the debate over the role of the two continues to intensify with ...
Long before Vijay Kumar won his silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, India was already a recognised hub for sports shooting.. With Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore bagging silver at Athens 2004 and Abhinav Bindra bringing home an historic Olympic gold from Beijing in 2008, the platform was already set for Indians to shoot for the stars.. Moreover, Gagan Narang, who fell just short of a medal in Beijing, made amends by clinching the bronze medal in the individual 10m Air Rifle event.So ...
Jul 23, 2024 · NEW DELHI: Olympic medallist in shooting Vijay Kumar believes both national and personal coaches have an equal impact on an athlete's development, despite the ongoing controversy about their ...
Four years after his last international tournament, London Olympics silver medallist pistol shooter Vijay Kumar returned to the national squad on Thursday.
Indian pistol shooter Vijay Kumar, an Olympic silver medallist from London 2012, revealed that he has been preparing for the National Games 2022 for over six months now and is hopeful of replicating his stellar performances from the last edition in Kerala.. The ace shooter from Himachal Pradesh, currently on a comeback trail, headlined the pistol events at the National Games 2015 with five gold medals and a bronze. “It was special to beat so many of the country’s best shooters to win ...
2 days ago · Indian shooters Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh scripted history with a bronze medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team shooting event at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Tuesday.. This was India’s sixth Olympic medal in shooting and first-ever in a shooting team event. The result also made Manu Bhaker the first athlete of independent India to win two medals in one edition of the Olympics.
12 hours ago · It's the first time that India have won three shooting medals in a single edition of the Olympics. Before this, Gagan Narang and Vijay Kumar won a bronze and a silver, respectively, at the London ...
May 13, 2022 · The crowd at Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range in Delhi for the 64th Shooting Nationals in November 2021 was in for a big surprise, as after a five-year absence, Olympic silver medalist shooter Vijay Kumar made a return to competitive shooting. This has only raised hopes for the fans, about the future.
