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Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (born 29 January 1970) is an Indian politician, Olympic medallist in shooting and retired colonel in the Indian Army. He is serving as a cabinet minister at the Industry & Commerce, Youth Affairs & Sports Department in the Government of Rajasthan since December 2023.
Learn about the life and achievements of Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, an Indian politician and former rifle shooter who won his country’s first individual Olympic silver medal in 2004. Find out his background, military service, shooting career, and political roles.
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Rathore’s mandatory public declaration of assets prior to the 2014 general elections in India revealed that he owned 11 guns, which included nine 0.12 bore guns, one of them worth Rs. 1.48 lacs. Most of them were awarded to him as prizes. Apart from those, he also owns an LVT-322 pistol worth Rs. 20,000 and a rifle, also won as a prize.
Rathore rose to prominence with his Olympic Games medal in 2004, but he had set a Commonwealth Games record during his gold run at the 2002 Manchester Games. He hit 192 out of 200 targets in the Men’s Doubles Trap singles event, a milestone that has not been breached in any subsequent Games. Rathore also won gold in the double trap pairs event in 2...
Days after clinching gold at the 2006 ISSF World Cup in Cairo and securing qualification for the 2008 Olympics, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore was in for an unpleasant surprise. He lost his prized Perazzi Italian gun while travelling back to India. The airline on which he was flying misplaced his baggage, which included the gun that had helped him win ...
Learn about the life and career of India's first Olympic silver medallist in individual shooting, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore. Discover his military background, political achievements, family, fitness secrets and more.
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Learn about the life and achievements of Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, the first Indian post-independence to win an individual silver at the Olympics in shooting. He is also a former army officer, a sports minister and a member of parliament.
Aug 16, 2020 · Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore’s Olympic silver taught Indian shooters to aim for the stars. Competing in the double trap event, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won India’s first Olympic silver medal at Athens 2004 and paved the way for the nation to produce world-class shooters.
Jul 13, 2024 · 2004 Olympics Special Interview - Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore: I was happy that I could make the nation proud For about a year and a half, I had remained in the top-3 of the world and was...
Aug 27, 2004 · Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on the podium after winning a silver medal in 2004 Athens Olympics. Rathore had a good run-up to the Olympics. With some great thinking and judicious planning he...
