Rudransh Khandelwal

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)[1] 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.[2][3] 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.[1]

Early life

Khandelwal is from Bharatpur, Rajasthan. In 2015, while attending a cousin's marriage, he lost his leg in a fireworks blast.[4]

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.[2] He won two gold at his second international event at the World Shooting Para Sport World Cup in Osijek, Croatia in October 2023.[4] He also created a world record in the P4 mixed 50m pistol SH1 category at the same event in Croatia.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b https://www.paralympic.org/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/rudransh-khandelwal_2501827
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "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.