Darshna Rathore

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Darshna Rathore (born 3 September 2001)  is an Indian

sport shooter. She competes in the skeet discipline. She is part of the Indian shooting team at the Asian Games, Hangzhou, China.[1][2] She was part of the Indian women's skeet team, along with Parinaaz Dhaliwal, and Ganemat Sekhon that finished fourth in the Asian Games shooting competitions.[3]

Darshana won the bronze after equalling the National record score of 120 as she qualified for the six-woman final in her first World Cup at Almaty.[4]

Early life

Darshna hails from Rajasthan. She works with the Rajasthan Police.[5]

Career

  • 2023: In May, she won bronze at the ISSF Astana Shotgun World Cup. In the qualifying, she made it to the six-woman final in second spot after equalling the national record of 120.[6][7][8]
  • 2023: She made her debut[9] for senior India and won her first World Cup medal winning a bronze medal at the World Cup in Almaty.[10][11][12][13][4]
  • 2023: She took part in the skeet event at the Baku World Championship.[14]
  • 2023: In June, she took part in the Junior World Cup event at Suhl, Germany.[15]
  • 2022: She represented India in the skeet team event and individual event at the Osijek World Championship.[14]
  • 2021: In November,edged out India's top-ranked women's Skeet shooter Ganemat Sekhon of Punjab 50-46 to win her maiden National title.[16]
  • 2019: She took part in the Lonato Junior World Championships women's skeet and mixed skeet events.[14][17]

References

  1. ^ "Indian shooters at Asian Games: Events, key dates, format and rules". ESPN. 2023-09-24. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  2. ^ "Indian medalists named as shooter for Hangzhou Asian Games_The 19th Asian Games Hangzhou". www.hangzhou2022.cn. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  3. ^ Scroll Staff (2023-09-27). "Asian Games, Shooting: Led by Sift Kaur Samra's gold, India win seven medals on Wednesday". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  4. ^ a b "World Cup: Ganemat wins skeet silver, Darshna third". Hindustan Times. 2023-05-23. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  5. ^ Srinivasan, Kamesh (2022-02-23). "Darshna Rathore grounded for missing one clay bird". Sportstar. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  6. ^ "Shooting World Cup: Ganemat, Darshna win silver, bronze". ESPN. 2023-05-23. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  7. ^ ""Glad that I could win a medal for India…" Shooter Darshna Rathore | News - Times of India Videos". The Times of India. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  8. ^ "ISSF World Cup: Indian shooters Ganemat Sekhon, Darshna Rathore create history". newsonair.gov.in. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  9. ^ ANI (2023-05-24). "Indian skeet shooters Ganemat Sekhon, Darshna Rathore create history". www.thestatesman.com. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  10. ^ "Asian Games 2023 Highlights: India men's hockey team clinches gold medal, seals Paris Olympics berth; Satwik/Chirag in men's doubles final". The Times of India. 2023-10-06. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  11. ISSN 0971-8257
    . Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  12. ISSN 0971-8257
    . Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  13. ^ Nalwala, Ali Asgar (2013-05-23). "India's skeet shooters Ganemat Sekhon and Darshna Rathore create history". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  14. ^ a b c "ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation - issf-sports.org". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  15. ISSN 0971-8257
    . Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  16. ^ PTI (2021-11-24). "Young shooter Darshna Rathore wins her maiden National Skeet title". thebridge.in. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  17. ^ Srinivasan, Kamesh (2019-07-06). "Shotgun World Championship: Darshna misses final by a whisker". Sportstar. Retrieved 2023-10-07.

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