Today, Abhinav Bindra, an Indian shooter, created a history by winning a solo gold medal for India in Olympic Games after 28 years long wait. Today, Abhinav Bindra showed brilliant performance in Beijing Olympic Games 10 metre air riffle event and won Gold medal. With this Abhinav Bindra has become an iconic figure in India and every person wants to know about him. Below, I am adding few short points about the life of Abhinav Bindra.
1) He was born on Born on September 28, 1982.
2) He belongs to Chandigarh, Punjab.
3) He came from an affluent Sikh family. His father name is Dr. A S Bindra and mother name is Babli Bindra.
4) He completed his early school education from Doon school of Dehradun.
5) He is first India to win individual Gold in Olympics.
6) He started his shooting practise in 1995.
7) He was youngest participant in 1998 common wealth games (just 15 year old). Also youngest participant in 2000 Olympic Games.
8) His first main achievement was bronze medal win in 2001 Munich Shooting World Cup.
9) He won his first gold medal in 2002 common wealth games.
10) In 2000, he was honoured with Arjuna Award and in 2001 with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna.
11) His best performance was in 2001 when he won six gold medals in different international events.
12) He made a world record in 2004 Olympic Games despite not winning any medal.
13) He is a MBA and running own company with name Abhinav Futuristics.
14) His blog address is abhinavbindra.blogspot.com.
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