Rahi Sarnobat was born on 30 October 1990 in Kohlapur city of Maharashtra. She was fond of shooting and dreamed of representing India one day from her school days. And she turned it into reality, becoming one of the finest award winning Indian shooters.
The odds were stacked against him in terms of training infrastructure at his native place which was inadequate. But Rahi was highly motivated. She landed on her right foot taking inspiration from world champion Tejaswini Sawant, who hails from Kohlapur.
She eventually moved to Mumbai for better training and is currently honing her skills at Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune under the supervision of coach Mukhbayar Dorjasuren.
In the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games held in Pune, he laid his hands on his maiden gold medal. And in the 2011 World Cup, Rahi claimed a bronze medal which earned her a spot in the 2012 Olympics. She stunned the world when she became the first pistol shooter from India to win a gold medal at the 2013 edition of the ISSF World Cup.
Age: 30 years
Games/Disciples: Shooting
world ranking: 2
First Olympic Games: London 2012
Award
Rahi Sarnobat was awarded the Arjuna Award by the National Rifle Association of India in 2015.
Major achievements:
world Championships
• Gold – Women’s Team, 2011 Fort Benning
• A bronze – Women’s Team, 2013 Changwon
• Gold – Women’s Team, 2019 Munich
• God – Women’s team, 2021 Osijek
Commonwealth Games
• Gold – 2010 Delhi (25m Pistol Pair)
• silver – 2010 Delhi (25m Pistol)
• Gold – 2014 Glasgow (25m pistol)
asian games
• A bronze – Women’s Team, 2014 Incheon
• Gold – Women’s Team, 2018 Jakarta
recent performances
Rahi has the distinction of being the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in the 25m pistol shooting event at the 2018 Asian Games. The Olympic-bound won the gold medal in the women’s 25m pistol at the 2021 ISSF World Cup in Osijek, Croatia.
Tokyo Olympic Qualification
After winning the gold medal at the 2019 World Cup held in Munich, Germany, he was selected for the 2020 Summer Olympics, which were postponed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled to be held from 23 July to 8 August. , 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.
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