Anjum Moudgil
Anjum Moudgil (born 5 January 1994) is an Indian sport shooter. She is from Chandigarh and represents Punjab.[2][3][4][5]
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Birth name | Anjum Moudgil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] Chandigarh, India[1] | 5 January 1994|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Air rifle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University team | Panjab University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | Indian Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Deepali Deshpande[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest world ranking | World Number 2 (10m air rifle) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
Anjum took up shooting while studying in Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School in Chandigarh.[6] She completed her graduation and post graduation in humanities from DAV College, Chandigarh.[7] She completed her Masters in sports psychology. She is an avid abstract artist and has sold many of her artworks.
She became a Sub Inspector (SI) with Punjab Police, India.
Career
2016
She took 9th Position at the 2016 World Cup, Munich and silver medal in World University Championship. She took gold in South Asian Games.
2017
She won the silver medal in 10m Air Rifle Sardar Sajjan Singh Sethi Memorial Masters.
2018
She won a silver medal in the women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions (3P) event at the ISSF World Cup in Mexico. At the Commonwealth Games (CWG) she secured the silver medal, scoring 455.7 points, achieving 151.9 in kneeling and 157.1 in prone. In the qualification round, she broke the CWG Qualifying record by a significant margin. Moudgil scored 589 (196 in kneeling, 199 in prone and 194 in standing).
Awards
Anjum is one of 19 athletes picked up by the selection committee for the Arjuna Award year 2019.[10]
References
- "Anjum Moudgil". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- "Shooting World Cup: Anjum Moudgil wins silver in women's Rifle 3 Positions". The Times of India. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- "With bullets and paintbrush, shooter Anjum Moudgil finds her range and canvas". Andrew Amsan. Indian Express. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- "After shooting silver, Anjum says Haryana,Chandigarh did not back her". Kartik Sood. The Times of India. 10 March 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- "CWG 2018: Complete list of India's gold medalist from 21st Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast". Times Now. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- "Shooter of the week aiming high". The Times of India. 24 March 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- "4 DAV College-10 shooters all set for World Cup". Hindustan Times. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- "Apurvi Chandela Becomes World No.1 in 10m Air Rifle ISSF Rankings". News18. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- PTI (13 April 2018). "CWG 2018: Tejaswini Sawant shoots gold, Anjum Moudgil bags silver as India dominate in shooting". www.livemint.com. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- Service, Tribune News. "Shooter Anjum elated over Arjuna honour". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
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