Manavjit Singh Sandhu
Manavjit Singh Sandhu (born 3 November 1976) is an Indian sport shooter who specializes in trap shooting. He has represented India in four Olympic Games (Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012, and Rio 2016) and was once ranked the world’s No. 1 in trap shooting.
Sandhu made history by winning gold at the 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships, becoming the first Indian shotgun shooter to be crowned world champion. He has won medals at major events, including gold at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, bronze at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, and four silver medals across the 1998, 2002, and 2006 Asian Games. He has six gold medals from the Asian Clay Shooting Championships and gold medals at World Cup events in 2010 (Mexico) and 2014 (Tucson). He also held a peak world ranking of No. 1 in 2006 and was ranked No. 3 in the world by 2010.
Manavjit was awarded India's Arjuna Award in 1998 and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the country’s highest sporting honour, in 2006. In 2016, Perazzi named him a brand ambassador.
Born in Amritsar, Punjab, Sandhu studied at the Lawrence School, Sanawar, as well as YPS Chandigarh, Delhi Public School R.K. Puram, and Venkateswara College, Delhi University. His father, Gurbir Singh Sandhu, is an Olympian, and his uncles Randhir Singh and Parambir Singh are also noted sports figures. He hails from the village Ratta Khera in Firozpur district, Punjab, and holds the Asian record of 124 out of 125 targets.
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