Indian sport shooter (born 2002)
Preeti Rajak (born November 2002) is an Indian sport shooter from Madhya Pradesh. She competes in the trap discipline. Her name was announced in the final list for the Indian shooting team to take part in the Asian Games,
Indian army’s first women subedar
Hangzhou, China.[1][2][3]
Early life
Preeti family in Itarsi in Narmadapuram district of Madhya Pradesh. Her mother Jyotsna Rajak is a social worker while her father runs a dry-cleaning shop in Itarsi. Her father took interest in her sports and admitted her at the Madhya Pradesh Shooting Academy in 2015.[4][5] She learnt her basics from coach Indrajeet. Preeti has another sister. In 2023, Preeti secured employment with the Indian Army and now she trains at the Indian Army Range.[6]
Career
- 2023: In August, she represented Indian trap team in the World Shotgun Championship at Baku, Azerbaijan.[7]
- 2023: On May 27 and 28, she participated in the Shotgun World Cup at Almaty, Kazakhstan.[7][8]
- 2023: In May, she took part in the Shotgun World Cup in Cairo, Egypt.[7]
- 2023: In March, she participated in the Shotgun World Cup at Doha.[7]
- 2022: In September, she took part in the trap event at the Junior World Shotgun Championships at Osijek, Croatia.[7][9]
- 2022: In July, she represented India in the trap events of the World Shotgun Championships at Changwon, South Korea.
- 2022: In May, she was part of the Senior India team that won silver in the ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany.[4][10]
- 2019: In July, she was part of the Indian team at the Junior World Shotgun Championships at Lonato, Italy.[7]
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