Rudrankksh Patil
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| Full name | Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 December 2003 Thane, Maharashtra, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Mumbai | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rifle shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 10m air rifle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 1[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rudrankksh Patil (born 16 December 2003) is an Indian sport shooter specializing in the 10m air rifle event. Widely regarded as one of the most promising talents in Indian shooting, he rose to international prominence after becoming the World No. 1 in the 10 meter air rifle category in 2022.[2]
Early life
Patil was born in Thane, Maharashtra. His learnt shooting initially from Coach Snehal Kadam at PTKS Ville Parle for 5 to 6 years then from coach Ajit Patil at Thane. His father, Balasaheb Patil and mother, Hemangini Patil, encouraged him to take up shooting. Initially, he started with chess and football but shifted to shooting.
Career
At the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, Patil scored a world record score on way to winning India's first gold medal[3] on 25 September 2023. He secured a Paris 2024 Olympic quota berth, after winning gold in the 10m air rifle event at the 2022 ISSF World Shooting Championships[4][5] at Cairo, the new administrative capital, on 14 October 2022.[6] Earlier in the 2022 Asian Championships in Daegu, he bagged first place in the Men’s 10m air rifle team event.[3] He is preparing for the Paris Olympics under coach Neha Chavan at Gun for Glory Academy in Pune.[7] Gagan Narang, co-founder of the Academy and vice-president of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) helped him get a sponsored gun from Walther company, Germany, which was presented to him at a press conference in Pune.[8]
References
- ^ "Rudrankksh Balasaheb PATIL". International Shooting Sport Federation.
- ^ "ISSF rankings: India's Rudrankksh Patil becomes world No. 1 in men's 10m air rifle shooting". Olympics.com.
- ^ a b Web, Statesman (25 September 2023). "Who is Rudrankksh Patil? Shooter leads Indian team to Asian Games gold". The Statesman. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ Srinivasan, Kamesh (14 October 2022). "Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil seals Paris Olympics quota". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ "Rudrankksh Patil becomes second Indian shooter to win 10m air rifle gold at World Championships, secures Paris Olympics quota". The Times of India. 14 October 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ Sportstar, Team (24 October 2022). "Paris 2024: Full list of Olympics quota winners from India in shooting". Sportstar. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
Each National Olympic Committee is allowed 24 quotas across all events. Only three of these have been claimed thus far by Bhowneesh Mendiratta, Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil and Swapnil Kusale.
- ^ 최규정; YIKYUNGOCK; 정범철; 문제헌 (December 2014). "Kinematical Analysis of 2011 Daegu IAAF World Championships Men's Pole Vault Event". Korean Journal of Sport Science. 25 (4): 680–689. doi:10.24985/kjss.2014.25.4.680. ISSN 1598-2920.
- ^ "With two coaches, rifle shooter Rudrankksh Patil aims to make his Paris quota count". The Times of India. 5 December 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 1 January 2024.