Abhinav Bindra: 2008 Beijing Olympics. It is very common for Chinese players to win gold in the Olympics held in China, but that year India did something which had never happened in many decades. India had won the singles individual gold medal for the first time, and the crown of this victory was on the head of India’s famous shooter Abhinav Bindra. Abhiwan Bindra, the first Indian to win simultaneous world and Olympic titles in the men’s 10 meter air rifle event, has now retired, but he is now a successful businessman. Even coming close to the success of Bindra, who won more than 150 medals in his 22-year career, is not within everyone’s reach. In this article we will learn about Abhinav Bindra.
Know who is Abhinav Bindra?
He was born on 28 September 1982 in a Punjabi Sikh Khatri family in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. His father’s name is Apjit Singh Bindra, who was a doctor by profession, while his mother’s name is Babli Bindra. Abhinav Bindra, who has won countless titles in sports, used to stay away from sports in his childhood. One reason for which was his obesity.. He completed his schooling in Doon School, Dehradun and St. Stephen’s School, Chandigarh. Abhinav was introduced to sports in 1995. Where he started learning shooting as per the wishes of his parents. Abhinav Bindra met his first coach Lieutenant Colonel JS Dhillon for the first time. Bindra was 13 years old at that time. Till then he used to train as a novice. After getting initial training, due to lack of big scope for shooting training in India, he went to Germany and took shooting training from Gaby Buhlmann there.
Participated in the Commonwealth Games at the age of 16
In 1998, at the age of just 16, he participated in the 1998 Commonwealth Games, he was the youngest participant in the Commonwealth Games, after this he reached the semi-finals in the 2000 Olympics, but he could not qualify for the final, but still he was honored with the Arjuna Award. Bindra won his first bronze medal at the 2001 Munich World Cup. This year Bindra won 6 more medals. And he was awarded the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award for his contribution to sports. In 2002, he won gold in the doubles event for the first time in the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. But he suffered a serious back injury and had to take a break for a year.
In 2008, he again got a chance to play in the Beijing Olympics and Bindra created history by winning India’s first singles gold of the year. In 2010, she won gold in doubles with Gagan Narang in the Commonwealth Games held in New Delhi, India. In the year 2010 itself, Bindra won the singles gold for the first time in the men’s 10 meter air rifle event in the 12th Asian Shooting Championship held in Doha, Qatar, which was the first time in history. Although he lost at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, he bounced back at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and won the gold medal.
Abhinav Bindra Owner of Futuristics Pvt Ltd
Bindra completed his studies in Business Administration from the University of Colorado, so apart from shooting, he also works as the CEO of Futuristics Pvt. Ltd. Who works to promote athletes and also helps those who are sick. In the year 2020, Abhinav Bindra Institute of Sports Medicine and Research was started, through which the best facilities in the field of Indian Health Services and Sports Medicine are provided. In 2014, he became the Chairman of ISSF Athletes Committee. In 2011, Harper Sports published Bindra’s autobiography, ‘A Shot at History: My Obsessive Journey to Olympic Gold’, which Bindra co-wrote with author Rohit Brijnath. Perhaps very few people know that Abhinav Bindra’s family is related to the great Sikh boy Hari Singh Nalwa, who served as a commander in Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s army and led the Maharaja to victory in many wars. Who was martyred while fighting the Afghans. Abhinav Bindra’s name will always be written in golden letters in Indian shooting sports.