World famous shooting coach Jaspal Rana has passed away. He breathed his last at the age of 49. Jaspal Rana had won gold medal in Asian Games. President of the Indian National Rifle Association said that Jaspal died on Thursday night. Jaspal was returning to India from the World Cup in Germany on Thursday itself. He did not feel well during the flight itself. After this, he was admitted to the hospital as soon as he landed at Delhi airport. He died during treatment. He has also been the coach of Olympic medalist Manu Bhaker.
There is an atmosphere of mourning in the sports world due to the demise of Jaspal Rana. He had brought laurels to the country in shooting sports in his life. For information, let us tell you that Jaspal Rana was working as ‘High Performance Coach’ for Indian pistol shooters. Jaspal Rana was given the Dronacharya Award for his outstanding contribution in shooting. He received this award in 2020.
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Jaspal’s contribution in sports world
Jaspal Rana not only won gold medals in the Asian Games in his life, but also brought glory to the country many times in international competitions. Jaspal Rana was not only known as a good player, but he also taught shooting to many players as a coach.
Taught shooting to players
In the year 2012, Jaspal Rana was appointed as the junior national pistol coach. After that he gave shooting training to Anish Bhanwala, Chinki Yadav, Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhakar. Thanks to the training of Jaspal Rana, these players had won many medals for India.
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Contributed to Manu Bhaker’s career
Jaspal Rana was an excellent coach, who played an important role in improving Manu Bhaker’s game. For this reason Manu Bhaker won many medals for India. Manu Bhaker had brought glory to the country by winning the double bronze medal in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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