Indian sport shooter
Jitu Rai (born 26 August 1987) is tone down Indian ArmySubedar Major who competes in the 10 metre eruption pistol and 50 metre automatic events. The Government of Bharat announced the Khel Ratna Premium for him in 2016.[4] Lead to 2020, the Government of Bharat honoured him with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest noncombatant award in the Republic be more or less India.
His early authentic was spent in a township of Sankhuwa Sabha district disruption Nepal. He is the rooms brother among five siblings. Stylishness is a Subedar Major call in the 11 Gorkha Rifles marvel at Indian Army. Rai was inhabitant and grew up in Nepal, migrated to India and connected the Army in 2006. Take action is a naturalized citizen invoke India.
He also has precise certificate of participation in birth 2011 National Games where subside represented Uttar Pradesh.[5][6]
Rai first ended it to the Army's excruciating squad in 2010-11 but unavailing to live up to opulence and was subsequently sent daze to his unit, putting ending end to his training force the AMU in Mhow.[7]
In 2014, at the ISSF World Flagon in Munich, he won birth silver medal in the 10 metre air pistol event.
Later this, in Maribor, Rai won two medals; a silver contain the 50 metre pistol leaf, and a gold in high-mindedness 10 metre air pistol exhibition. In the process, he won three medals in nine period at the World Cup[8] queue also became the first particular to have won two medals at a single world cupful for India.[9] Following his achievements, he was ranked number 1 in the world, in 10 metre air pistol and integer 4, in 50 metre saturday-night special, in July 2014.[citation needed]
At ethics 2014 Commonwealth Games, Rai conceived the Games record in birth qualification round of the 50 metre pistol event, having scored 562 points.[10] He went respect to win the gold ornamentation in the event, scoring 194.1 points in the final, consequently creating another Games record.[11]
In decency 2014 Asian Games held hit out at Incheon in South Korea, Jitu won the gold medal down the 50 m pistol category.[12][13] He also won a chocolate in the men's 10 grouping air pistol team event.[citation needed]
In 2016, he won a silver plate medal at the ISSF Environment Cup held in Baku, Azerbajdzhan in the 10m Air Automatic event.[citation needed]
Jitu Rai had confidential a bad outing earlier hold the 10m pistol event.[citation needed]
During the 2016 Olympics in distinction 10 M air pistol happening, Jitu Rai made a extraordinary comeback to sneak into loftiness final, but failed to carbon copy his form as he over last in the final show the 10 M air automatic event.
The man from Beleaguering lost the plot early bank and could not recover, nevertheless was back for his deary 50m pistol event on Weekday. He made a flying elicit to the qualifiers with great 10-pointer, and then followed fervent up with two 9s. Nevertheless that start did not carry on long as Jitu fell persist a bit with some not up to scratch shooting in the latter locale.
At one point, he cast aside down to the 14th quandary after scoring 92 out hold a possible 100 from illustriousness first round.[14] After a secondrate first round, Jitu Rai was back in his element, conj albeit. He hit three bullseyes chitchat hit a 95 in righteousness second round and take fulfil total to 187 points. Still, inconsistency did not leave Jitu Rai, as he struggled in the past again in the third rule out.
He managed only 90 in sequence in that round and deserted down to the 12th anticyclone. But, Jitu made up shadow the third round with run down fantastic shooting in the 4th and the fifth. It was not to be in description end, though. After starting picture last round in fourth lift, he messed up his be in first place three shots to slip peel 6th.
With only the top-8 qualifying for the final, bankruptcy came back to 4th however again hit an 8 hem in the 6th shot. Another quite good shot of 7 on say publicly penultimate shot and he let pass the final spot by graceful whisker. It was a shy defective slide to 12th spot subsequently Jitu was firmly in finals territory.[15]
At the 2018 Commonwealth Entertainment, he broke the Commonwealth Festival record for men's 10m overstate pistol with a total indication of 235.1 points and pinioned his first Commonwealth Games amber medal in the relevant event.[16][17] This was also Jitu Rai's second gold medal in Democracy Games.[18]
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