Birthday Special: The player who made India's golden dream come true in shooting, had a private shooting range at home!

New Delhi: Today i.e. Saturday 28th September is the birthday of the sports personality who gave recognition to shooting in India. Which realized India's golden dream on Chinese soil in 2008. Who hoisted the flag of India for the first time by winning the gold medal in any individual event of the Olympic Games.

By now you must have known which player we are talking about. Yes, that name is Abhinav Bindra. Abhinav Bindra was born on this day in 1982 in Dehradun. He is celebrating his 42nd birthday this time. On this occasion we will talk about his journey and interesting stories related to it.

Before moving to Chandigarh, Abhinav Bindra studied in Doon School for two years. He developed interest in shooting while studying in school. Seeing his passion for shooting, his parents built a shooting range at home so that he could practice easily. He started trying his hand at shooting since childhood, which later proved to be very beneficial for him.

Won bronze medal in World Cup

Abhinav Bindra participated in the 1998 Commonwealth Games at the age of 15. He became the youngest participant at that time. Although the age was young, but the passion was big. He achieved his greatest success when he won the bronze medal at the 2001 Munich World Cup with a new junior world record score of 597/600. In the same year he was also awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.

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dream of playing in the olympics

In the year 2000, Abhinav was the youngest Indian participant in the Olympic Games. At that time he was only 17 years old. He finished 11th in the qualification round, so he could not reach the final. Because, they were out of the top 10. Apart from this, Dr. Amit Bhattacharya was his coach. He taught Abhinav the tricks of shooting for many years, from childhood till he grew up.

gold medal in olympics

Abhinav Bindra has won gold medals in the Commonwealth Games 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014. In 2004, Abhinav set a record at the Athens Olympics, but missed out on winning a medal. But, after this, at the age of just 26, he won the gold medal for the country in 10 meter air rifle shooting in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. At that time Abhinav became the only player in the country to win an individual gold medal.

honored with Padma Bhushan

In the year 2009, Abhinav Bindra was awarded the Padma Bhushan Award. Abhinav missed qualifying for the 2012 London Olympics. Also, due to being behind by a few points in Rio Olympics, he could not win any medal for the country.