ISSF Shooting World Cup: Who is gold medalist Apurvi Chandela?
Apurvi Chandela clinched India's first gold medal at the ISSF World Cup 2019 being held at Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi. The 26-year-old shooter shot 252.9 in the 10m women's air rifle event finale. With this performance, she set a new world record. Chandela dominated the show in the eight-women final event. Here is all you need to know about Chandela.
Chandela breaks previous world record of 252.4
Chandela's feat saw her break the previous record of 252.4 set by China's Zhao Ruozhu last year. Zhao finished second on Saturday with 251.8 points in her bag. Xu Hong settled for the bronze medal with 230.4 points. Chandela started off slowly, but regained composure as things progressed. The promising shooter eventually claimed the gold with a shot of 10.5.
Chandela had secured a quota for the 2020 Olympics
Chandela had already secured a quota for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics during last year's World Championships. Meanwhile, Zhao and Hong secured their spots for next year's Olympics. Meanwhile, Indian shooters Anjum Moudgil and Elavenil Valarivan finished 12th (628) and 30th (625.3) respectively.
A look at her achievements
She had a terrific 2018 where she won a silver in the World Championships in the 10m air rifle team event. She also won the bronze medal in the 2018 Commonwealth Games. It was followed by another bronze at the Asian Games (mixed team). Chandela finished fourth in Munich at the ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol stage. Earlier, she bagged gold in the 2014 CWG.
Other important moments in her career
Chandela had qualified for the 2016 Rio Games, but she finished a disappointing 34th in the qualification round out of 51 participants. During the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, she scripted a new record after shooting 206.7 points. In 2014, she also won four medals at the Intershoot Championships held at Hague. She had bagged two individual and two team medals.
Early life and background
Chandela was born on January 4, 1993 in Jaipur. Her father is a hotelier. She did her schooling from Mayo Girls College and went on to pursue Sociology Honors from Jesus and Mary College (Delhi University).
