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Indian Paralympic Shooter
Medal record
Representing  India
Men's shooting
Asian Para Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou 50m mixed pistol

Rudransh Khandelwal (born 19 November 2006) is an Indian para shooter from Rajasthan who competes in the 50m pistol event in SH1 category. He qualified to represent India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics at Paris. He finished 9th in the 10m Air Pistol event qualification round and did not advance to the final. In the 50m pistol SH1 qualifying event, he finished 22nd.

Early life

Khandelwal is from Bharatpur, Rajasthan. In 2015, while attending a cousin's marriage, he lost his leg in a fireworks blast.

Career

Khandewal won a silver medal at the Para Shooting World Cup at New Delhi in March 2024. In the mixed 50m pistol event, he shot 530 and won a silver medal along with Nihal (527) and Singhraj Adhana (516) to aggregate a total score of 1573. He won two gold at his second international event at the World Shooting Para Sport World Cup in Osijek, Croatia in October 2023. He also created a world record in the P4 mixed 50m pistol SH1 category at the same event in Croatia.

References

  1. ^ https://www.paralympic.org/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/rudransh-khandelwal_2501827
  2. ^ PTI (2024-03-11). "Para World Cup: Pistol shooter Rudransh Khandelwal wins silver". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
  3. PTI (2024-03-11). "Para Shooting World Cup: Rudransh Khandelwal wins silver in mixed 50m pistol event". Sportstar. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
  4. ^ "Asian Para Games: Teenage star Khandelwal aiming for the top". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
  5. "Para-shooter Rudransh creates world record on way to pistol gold at WSPS World Cup". The Times of India. 2023-07-10. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
  6. PTI (2023-07-10). "Para-shooter Rudransh creates world record on way to pistol gold at WSPS World Cup, Avani falters". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
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