Apurvi Chandela
Apurvi Singh Chandela (born 4 January 1993) is an Indian Shooting player who competes in the
Early life and background
Chandela was born on 4 January 1993 in
In her early years, Chandela wanted to become a sports journalist, but she was inspired to take up shooting as a sport by Abhinav Bindra's performance at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he won a gold medal in shooting. Initially, she had to travel for 45 minutes to reach a shooting range in Jaipur. Later on, her parents set up a shooting range for 10-meter air rifle practice for her at their home.[2]
In 2009, Chandela won the All India School Shooting Competition, and the Senior national shooting championship in 2012. She registered podium finishes at national events at least six times during 2012–2019.[3]
Chandela enjoys reading in her free time and practices meditation to enhance her focus to help her game.[3]
Career
In 2012, Chandela won the gold medal in the 10 metres air rifle event at the National shooting and chandela was a woman shooter champion in New Delhi, her first year in the senior circuit.[4][5] In 2014, she won four medals at the InterShoot Championships at The Hague, that included two individual and two team medals.[6] In the same year, she won the gold medal in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, having scored 206.7 points in final, in the process creating a new games record.[7] And a year later, she debuted in ISSF World Cup in Changwon, where she won a bronze medal.
Chandela[8] qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics in the women's 10m air rifle event, where she finished at 34th position in the qualification round out of 51 contestants.[9][10] Chandela received the Arjuna Award, from the President of India in 2016.[1]
At the 2018 Asian Games, she paired with Ravi Kumar for the 10 meter air rifle mixed team event, and won a bronze medal.[11] She is being mentored by former National Champion Rakesh Manpat.[12] In the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Chandela won a bronze medal for India. She won the gold medal at the 2019 ISSF World Cup[13] in New Delhi and set a world record of 252.9 in the 10-metre air rifle event.[14] She has secured a gold medal in women's 10m air rifle at the (ISSF) World Cup 2019.[15][16]
In ISSF World Cup 2019 in New Delhi, Chandela won the first medal for India by winning the gold medal with a record score in the women's 10m air rifle event.[17] The 28 years old set a new world record in the process with 252.9 points to bag her third individual World Cup medal.[17] The shooter, rose to the top of the table in the finals with her 17th shot and then followed it up with 10.8 in the 18th shot.[17] In the 2016 Swedish Cup Grand Prix, Chandela broke the world record for the second time in three years after her score of 211.2.[17]
Chandela also secured a quota spot to participate in the
ISSF World Medal Tally
| No. | Event | Championship | Year | Place | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10m air rifle
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ISSF World Cup | 2015 | Changwon | 
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| 2 | 10m air rifle
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ISSF World Cup | 2015 | Munich | 
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| 3 | 10m air rifle
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ISSF World Cup | 2019 | New Delhi | 
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| 4 | 10m air rifle
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ISSF World Cup | 2019 | Munich |
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| 5 | 10 meter air rifle
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ISSF World Cup | 2019 | Beijing | Rank4 |
| 6 | 10 meter air rifle
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ISSF World Cup | 2018 | Munich | Rank4 |
| 7 | 10 meter air rifle
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ISSF World Cup | 2018 | Guadalajara | Rank7 |
| 8 | Mixed Team 10 metre air rifle
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ISSF World Cup | 2019 | Munich |
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| 9 | Mixed Team 10 metre air rifle
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ISSF World Cup | 2019 | Rio de Janeiro |
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| 10 | Mixed Team 10 metre air rifle
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ISSF World Cup Final | 2019 | Putian |
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| 11 | Indian Senior National Shooting Championship | 2012 | New Delhi | Rank 1 | |
| 12 | Commonwealth Games | 2014 | Glasgow | Rank 1 | |
| 13 | Commonwealth Games | 2018 | Gold Coast | Rank 3 |
Awards
References
- ^ a b "Women's 10 metre air rifle Finals". glasgow2014.com. 26 July 2014. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ a b "अपूर्वी चंदेला: ओलंपिक में जीत के लिए तैयार". BBC News हिंदी (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 22 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Indian Shooter Apurvi Chandela on Winning Gold at ISSF World Cup | The Quint - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Apurvi Chandela takes air rifle gold". The Hindu. 25 December 2012. Archived from the original on 30 January 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ "Apurvi Chandela profile". Olympic Gold Quest. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ "Rajasthan shooter Apurvi Chandela. bags 4 medals at Hague meet". thehindubusinessline.com. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ "CWG gold winner shooter Apoorvi Chandela is aiming for Olympic games". Patrika Group. No. 5 August 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ^ "Apurvi Chandela's fashion game is as on point as her shooting skills". Sportswallah. 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: Jitu Rai finishes 8th in 10m Air Pistol; Apurvi Chandela, Ayonika Paul out in qualifiers". First Post. 7 August 2016. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ "Apurvi Chandela Biography, Records and Age". Olympic Channel. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ Sharma, Nitin; Judge, Shahid (20 August 2018). "Asian Games 2018: Shooters Apurvi Chandela, Ravi Kumar open India's medal tally, clinch mixed air rifle bronze". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ "Personal coaches must be given credit for Indian shooters' 2018 Commonwealth Games showing". Hindustan Times. 9 May 2018. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ Sharma, Suposh (23 February 2019). "ISSF World Cup: Golden Girl Apurvi shines on the opening day". Sports Flashes. Archived from the original on 23 February 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ Gold medallist Apurvi Chandela speaks exclusively to DD News, retrieved 17 February 2021
- ^ "Apurvi Chandela wins another gold in the ISSF World Cup". Sports Flashes. 27 May 2019. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "ISSF Shooting World Cup: Apurvi Chandela bags 10m air rifle gold in Munich". India Today. 26 May 2019. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ a b c d "ISSF Shooting World Cup: Apurvi Chandela shatters world record to win India's first gold". India Today. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Shooting: Apurvi Chandela, Divyansh Pawar win gold medals in Meyton Cup". Scroll.in. Press Trust of India. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
