Nationality Indian Name Apurvi Chandela Height 1.56 m | Sport Shooting Parents Kuldeep Singh Chandela Event(s) 10 metre air rifle | |
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Asian Games 2018: Apurvi Chandela & Ravi Kumar give India first medal
Apurvi Singh Chandela (born 4 January 1993) is an Indian shooter who competes in the 10 metre air rifle event. She won the gold medal in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Contents
- Asian Games 2018 Apurvi Chandela Ravi Kumar give India first medal
- Apurvi chandela oak medal in the world cup
- Early life
- Family
- Career
- References
Apurvi chandela oak medal in the world cup
Early life
She did her schooling from Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls' School, Jaipur.She studied Sociology honours from Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University.
Family
Apurvi was born to a Chandela Rajput family in Jaipur. Her father's name is Kuldeep Singh Chandela, a hotelier, and mother is Bindu Rathore.
Career
In 2012, Chandela won the gold medal in the 10 metres air rifle event at the National shooting championships in New Delhi, her first year in the senior circuit. In 2014, she won four medals at the Intershoot Championships at The Hague, that included two individual and two team medals. In the same year, she won the gold medal in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, having scored 206.7 points in final, in the process creating a new games record.
Chandela qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics in the women's 10m air rifle event, where she finished at 34th position in the qualification round out of 51 contestants.