Meena Kumari (sport shooter)
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| Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 July 1983 Raghunathpura, Himachal Pradesh | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 156 cm (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | India | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 50m Rifle Prone Women[1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Meena Kumari (born 17 July 1983) is an Indian shooter. She is from Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh.[2]
She along with Tejaswini Sawant won a bronze medal in at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. They secured the bronze after losing by just a margin of one point.[3]
In the Commonwealth Games 2014, Meena finished sixth with a score of 615.3 points in the women's 50-metre rifle prone finals at the Barry Buddon Shooting Centre.[4][5] She finished fourth with a score of 586 at the 2010 Asian Games held at the Aoti Range in Guangzhou.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Meena Kumari Profile". Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ "Tejaswini, Kumari bag bronze in 50m rifle prone". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ "Disppointing [sic] show by Indian shooters; Meema-Tejaswini miss gold". India Today. PTI. 11 October 2010.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games 2014: Shooters Meena Kumari and Lajja Gauswami fail to impress". 29 July 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ "Shooting". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ "Asian Games: Shooter Tejaswini Sawant draws a blank". DNA. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
External links
[edit]- Meena Kumari at the International Shooting Sport Federation
- Meena Kumari at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Meena Kumari at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
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