India’s shooters in the Olympics have been a success story. Abhinav Bindra made the country proud by winning the first individual gold medal in Olympic history in the men’s 10m air rifle at Beijing 2008. This time, Manu Bhaker, along with rifle shooters Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Anjum Moudgil, and Elavenil Valarivan, will return for their second Olympic Games. The other 11 rifle and pistol shooters will be making their Olympic debuts.
India’s shooters’ world ranking
| Shooter | Category | Ranking |
| Sandeep Singh | Men’s 10m air rifle | 16th |
| Arjun Babuta | Men’s 10m air rifle | 14th |
| Elavenil Valarivan | Women’s 10m air rifle | 20th |
| Ramita Jindal | Women’s 10m air rifle | 19th |
| Sift Kaur Samra | Women’s 50m rifle 3 positions | 18th |
| Anjum Moudgil | Women’s 50m rifle 3 positions | 29th |
| Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar | Men’s 50m rifle 3 positions | 23rd |
| Swapnil Kusale | Men’s 50m rifle 3 positions | 62nd |
| Sarabjot Singh | Men’s 10m air pistol | 14th |
| Arjun Cheema | Men’s 10m air pistol | 21st |
| Manu Bhaker | Women’s 25m pistol | 69th |
| Esha Singh | Women’s 25m pistol | 35th |
| Anish Bhanwala | Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol | 39th |
| Vijayveer Sidhu | Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol | 17th |
| Prithviraj Tondaiman | Men’s trap | 54th |
| Rajeshwari Kumari | Women’s trap | 27th |
| Shreyasi Singh | Women’s trap | 45th |
| Anantjeet Singh Naruka | Men’s Skeet | – |
| Maheshwari Chauhan | Women’s Skeet | 30 |
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India’s shooting team for Paris Olympics
The Indian squad includes Sift Kaur Samra, who set a world record in the final of the 50m rifle 3 positions at the Asian Games last year, winning an individual gold medal.
Along with Manu, the three-woman pistol squad consists of 19-year-old shooter Esha Singh, who took home four medals from the Asian Games.
The Indian 10m air pistol squad includes two Asian Games champions, Sarabjot Singh and Arjun Singh Cheema.
Among the well-known figures who were left off of the Paris Olympics roster were Asian Games medallist Ashi Chouksey, Tokyo Olympian Divyansh Singh Panwar, and former world champion Rudrankksh Patil.
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