Find Out Who Are All The Indian Shooters To Have Won A Medal For Nation At Olympics?

Indian shooters have undoubtedly been on a tear at Paris Olympics 2024 as they won all the three medals the nation has won till now at the Paris games. Manu Bhaker has been the star of the show winning India's first medal at Paris Olympics - a Bronze in Women's 10 M Air Pistol. She won the second medal as well, a Bronze again alongside shooter Sarabjot Singh in Mixed Team 10 M Air Pistol. 

India won it's third medal at Paris that too in shooting when Swapnil Kusale won Bronze in Men's Rifle 3. As India raked up its first shooting Olympic medals since London 2012, here is a list of Indian Shooters to have won the medal for country at Olympics. 

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore - Silver - Athens 2004

The first medal ever won for India in shooting was by Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore back in 2004 when the Summer Games were held in Greece. 

Rathore, an army man became the first Indian for independent India to win an individual silver medal for his nation. 

Abhinav Bindra - Gold - Beijing 2008

The biggest name is certainly of Abhinav Bindra as in China, 2008, he became the first Indian to win an individual Olympic Medal for the nation. 

Abhinav Bindra shot a perfect 10.8 in his final shot to seal the Gold in Men's 10 M Air Rifle. 

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Gagan Narang - Bronze - London 2012

Gagan Narang four years since Bindra won Gold in Men's 10 M Air Rifle followed up the country's shooting success and won Bronze in the Royal Artillery Barracks in London. 

Vijay Kumar - Silver - London 2012

Another army man in Vijay Kumar brought India's first ever medal in a pistol shooting event when he won Silver in Men's 25 M Air Pistol. 

Manu Bhaker - Bronze - Paris 2024 

Manu Bhaker ended India's 12-year drought for a shooting medal at Olympics when she won Bronze in Women's 10 M Air Pistol. 

Bhaker a couple of days later went on to become the first Indian to win two medals at a single Olympics in Independent India when she won Bronze in Mixed 10 M Air Pistol. 

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Sarabjot Singh - Bronze - Paris 2024

Sarabjot Singh won alongside Manu Bhaker in Mixed Team 10 M Air Pistol in what was his first Olympic medal and pledged that this was only the beginning

Swapnil Kusale - Bronze - Paris 2024 

Swapnil Kusale scripted history at Paris Olympics when he became the first ever Indian to win an Olympic medal in Men's 50 M Rifle 3.