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Abhinav Bindra (born 28 September 1982) is an Indian former sport shooter and a businessman. [1] He is an Olympic gold medalist as well as the first and one of only two Indians to win an individual Olympic gold medal.
A Shot at History: My Obsessive Journey to Olympic Gold is 2011 autobiography of Indian 2008 Summer Olympics Gold medalist Abhinav Bindra.He won the medal in the 10-metre air rifle category, which made him India's first ever individual gold medalist; this victory came after he received the seventh rank at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Shooting is an important Olympic sport in India. Of India's 41 Olympic medals, seven have come from shooting, including a gold by Abhinav Bindra in the 2008 Olympics.Indian shooters who have excelled at international events include Abhinav Bindra, Jaspal Rana, Jitu Rai, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Vijay Kumar, Gagan Narang, Apurvi Chandela, Ronjan Sodhi, Anjali Bhagwat, Heena Sidhu, Shreyasi ...
A biopic of Indian Olympic gold medal winning shooter Abhinav Bindra, starring Kapoor and his son Harshvardhan, is being produced by the latter for Anil Kapoor Film Company.
Indian Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, becomes the youngest ever chess world champion after Ding Liren blunder ... Simon Lim/AFP/Getty Images ... Abhinav Bindra, a former Olympian champion in shooting added ...
Abhinav Bindra (L), Indian shooter and Mary Kom (R), Indian boxer unveiled the countdown clock." Date: 27 July 2011: Source: Image provided courtesy of UKinIndia: Author:
Mola Ram, Indian Painter; Meena Rana – Indian folk singer; Narendra Singh Negi – Indian folk singer; Chander Singh Rahi, prominent folk singer and researcher from Uttarakhand. Fondly described as the “Bhishma Pitamah of Uttarakhand folk music” Pritam Bhartwan – Indian folk singer; Jubin Nautiyal, Indian singer; Neha Kakkar, Indian singer
Abhinav Bindra became the first Indian individual gold medalist after his victory in the men's air rifle event. [67] Vijender Singh and Sushil Kumar got the country's first Olympic medal in boxing and second medal in wrestling respectively. [66] Three Indian athletes represented the country in the 2010 Winter Olympics at Vancouver. [68]