Abhinav Bindra with Gold Medal
Abhinav Bindra wins first ever Individual Olympic Gold Medal for India
Abhinav Bindra is an Indian shooter from Zirakpur, in Mohali district, (near
He became the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games and the first gold medal since 1980 for
He comes from an affluent Sikh family, belonging to the Punjabi Khatri clan .His parents are Dr A S Bindra and Babli Bindra..He studied at the famous Doon School, Dehradun till the 10th standard and then left for
International performance
He won six gold medals at various international meets in 2001.
In the 10 m Air rifle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games,
At the 2004 Olympic Games, he scored 597 in the qualification round and was placed third behind Qinan Zhu (599 - Olympic Record) and Li Jie (598). In the finals, Abhinav finished with 97.6 points, last in the field of eight and was the only player below 100 points. His sub-par finals dropped him from third to seventh.
At the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, he won the Gold in the Pairs event and the Bronze in the Singles event. Abhinav missed the 2006 Asian Games at
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