Malaika Goel
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| Nationality | Punjab, India | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) (2014) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) (2014) | ||||||||||||||
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Malaika Goel (born 23 October 1997) is an Indian shooter. She won the silver medal in the Women's 10m Air Pistol competition at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[1] She was the youngest medallist.[2]
Career
By the age of 20, Goel had grabbed as many as 16 international medals.
In the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she won the silver medal, having scored 197.1 points.[3] She left behind Dorothy Ludwig of Canada with Bronze medal.[5] She also won a bronze at the Asian Championships in Kuwait in 2014.[6] At the 59th National Shooting Championship in 2015 in New Delhi, she earned the bronze medal in the 10-metre air pistol event. Goel's coach are Mohinder Lal and Gurjeet Singh. [7][2]
References
- ^ "Women's 10 meter Air Pistol Result". glasgow2014.com. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ a b c "Malaika Goel: Shooting her way to glory". The Times of India. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Malaika Goel Wins Silver for India in Women's 10m Air Pistol Event". news.biharprabha.com. IANS. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ "Malaika Goel wins gold, India bags 38 medals". The Hindu. 27 October 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ "Class sixth dropout girl wins silver in Commonwealth games". Patrika Group. No. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ "Shooting | OGQ". www.olympicgoldquest.in. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation - issf-sports.org". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
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