Rudransh Khandelwal
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Representing  India
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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 with a score of 517.[1][4]
Early life
[edit]Khandelwal is from Bharatpur, Rajasthan. In 2015, while attending a cousin's marriage, he lost his leg in a fireworks blast.[5]
Career
[edit]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.[5] He also created a world record in the P4 mixed 50m pistol SH1 category at the same event in Croatia.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "KHANDELWAL Rudransh". Paris 2024 Paralympics. (alternate link, alternate link 2)
- ^ a b PTI (11 March 2024). "Para World Cup: Pistol shooter Rudransh Khandelwal wins silver". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ PTI (11 March 2024). "Para Shooting World Cup: Rudransh Khandelwal wins silver in mixed 50m pistol event". Sportstar. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ PTI (4 September 2024). "Nihal Singh, Rudransh Khandelwal fall short in mixed 50m pistol qualifiers at Paris Paralympics". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Asian Para Games: Teenage star Khandelwal aiming for the top". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "Para-shooter Rudransh creates world record on way to pistol gold at WSPS World Cup". The Times of India. 10 July 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ PTI (10 July 2023). "Para-shooter Rudransh creates world record on way to pistol gold at WSPS World Cup, Avani falters". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 August 2024.