Ronjan Sodhi Birthday How did Ronjan Sodhi miss out on winning a medal in the London Olympics? Know his biography on the occasion of his birthday

Ranjan Sodhi (English: Ronjan Sodhi, born October 23, 1979) is an Indian double trap shooter. He is the first Indian player to win two consecutive World Cup gold medals. He was awarded the Arjuna Award in the year 2009. He is the seventh Indian shooter to be awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna. Ranjan Sodhi received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna for the year 2012-2013. He won two silver medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and a gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games.

Due to lack of good education system in the village, Ranjan Sodhi's parents sent him to study in Delhi and after this Ranjan's interest in shooting also started. The family supported Ranjan Sodhi all the time. Ranjan Sodhi is the only Indian shooter to win gold medal twice in the World Cup finals. After a disappointing performance in the London Olympics, Ranjan Sodhi regained his confidence by winning a silver medal in the World Cup final and also answered the critics that he still had a lot of game left in him.

Ranjan Sodhi's younger brother Birandeep Sodhi is also a trap shooter player. Ranjan's father Malvinder Singh Sodhi advised him to try his hand at double trap instead of trap. When Ranjan was in 10th class, his father took him to Karni Singh for the first time. Malvinder Singh was also the first shooter, but he could not play this game professionally due to lack of resources, but he used to take Ranjan Sodhi with him to the fields, where Ranjan used to shoot as a sport. Were. When Ranjan Sodhi came to live in Delhi, he enrolled in a shooting range so that he could get good training.

After completing MBA, Ranjan Sodhi decided to make a career in shooting, but this decision was not easy for Ranjan, because he knew that there is not much money in this sport, after which Ranjan's father encouraged his son. Advised him to make a career in it. After this, Ranjan got the big reward for his decision in the year 2007 when he won his first international medal. Ranjan had won the bronze medal in the ISSF St. Dominic World Cup. In the year 2008, Ranjan made a record scoring performance in the first World Cup held in Belgrade. Ranjan married Ruchika Sodhi in the year 2005.

In the ISSF World Cup held in Lonato in 2010, Ranjan Sodhi created a new world record by hitting all 50 out of 50 shots on clay and his score was 195, after which he won the gold medal in this event of double trap. Had done. After this, in the Commonwealth Games held in 2010, Ranjan Sodhi won the platinum medal in men's double trap singles.

In Paris, Ranjan Sodhi teamed up with Ashar Noria to win a silver medal in the Puru double trap event. In the Asian Games held in 2010, Ranjan won the gold medal in the men's double trap event by scoring 186, apart from this he also won the bronze medal in the same event. Ranjan had secured his place for the Olympics by winning the silver medal in the 2011 ISSF World Cup held in Beijing. Despite making a good start in the London Olympics, Ranjan Sodhi could not secure his place in the finals and had to exit in disappointment.