Mairaj Ahmad Khan

Mairaj Ahmed Khan (born 2 November 1975, in Khurja, District Bulandshahar) is an Indian shooter in the shotgun skeet discipline. He won the Olympics quota in the Shotgun Skeet Event in Lonato, Italy in September 2015, the first Indian to qualify in this discipline. In 2016, he won silver at ISSF World Cup held in April in Rio de Janeiro, the host country for 2016 Olympics.[1]

Mairaj Ahmed Khan
Personal information
Born (1975-11-02) 2 November 1975
Khurja, Bulandshahar, India
Sport
SportSports shooting

He is the first and only Indian to have held both the World Cup title as well as the Olympic quota for India at the same time, a feat he accomplished by capturing the Silver Medal at the 2016 ISSF World Cup Championship in Rio as well as a quota place for the shotgun skeet event for the Olympics in 2016. He is the first Indian athlete to represent India in the SK125 Event during the Rio Olympic Games. He is ranked 10th in the world and 6th in Asia; he has been an international level shooter for over 15 years and won multiple accolades including medals won during the Commonwealth Shooting Championship, Asian Championships, South Asian Federation and National and International Championships.

Early years

Mairaj was born in a Sunni family of landlords of the affluent Kheshgi family of Khurja. Khurja is situated Bulandshahr district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. His parents were Ilyas Ahmed Khan and Farrukh. He started shooting in 1998 right after college. Shooting was introduced to him through his uncle. It gradually became his profession. His brother Najam Ahmed Khan is also a shooter, but prefers to look after the family . His other siblings are Siraj Ahmed Khan and Farheen Ilyas Khan.

His first international competition was the ISSF World Cup in 2003 in Lonato, Italy.

Future goals

He plans to support to India's upcoming talent of shooters through MAK Shooting Foundation, training aspiring shooters who are keen to take up skeet shooting. Few Indians in this category who can compete in international level competitions and events. An autobiography entitled Hard Target is to be published soon.

Performance
  • 2016: 1st ever Silver Medal in Skeet at ISSF World Cup, Rio, Brazil
  • 2015: Olympic Quota Place for Rio 2016, Brazil – World championship, Lonato, Italy.

Recognition

Gold Medal Tally National & International Championships

National

  • Gold Medal – 2012 All India Sardar Sajjan Singh Sethi Master's Shooting Championship, Delhi.
  • Gold Medal – 2011 National Games, Ranchi
  • Gold Medal – 2009 All India Sardar Sajjan Singh Sethi Master's Shooting Championship, Jammu.
  • Gold Medal (National Champion) – 2016, 2010, 2009, 2007 National Shooting Championship Competition (NSCC), Delhi, Patiala, Jaipur.

International

  • Gold Medal (Pairs) – 2010 Commonwealth Shooting Championship, New Delhi, India.
  • Gold Medal (Team) – 2008 Singapore open shooting championship
  • Gold Medal (Team) – 2007 Singapore open shooting championship

National
  • Silver Medal – 2007 National Games, Guwahati
  • Silver Medal – 2015 National Games, Kerala
  • Silver Medal – 2014 National Shooting Championship Competition (NSCC), Patiala.

International
  • Silver Medal-2016 ISSF World Cup Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Silver Medal – 2012 Asian Shotgun Shooting Championship, Malaysia
  • Silver Medal (Individual) – 2010 Commonwealth Shooting Championship, New Delhi, India
  • Silver Medal (Team ans Individual) – 2009 South Asian Federation Shooting Championship, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Silver Medal (Individual) – 2008 Singapore open shooting championship
  • Bronze Medal Tally National & International Championships

National
  • Bronze Medal – 2011 National Shooting Championship Competition (NSCC), Delhi
  • Bronze Medal – 2008 All India Sardar Sajjan Singh Sethi Master's Shooting Championship, Patiala.

International
  • Bronze Medal -2016 Asian Shotgun Shooting Championship, Abu Dhabi,U.A.E.
  • Bronze Medal (Individual) – 2007 Singapore open shooting championship

ISSF World Cup Championships
  • 2016: Rio – Brazil
  • 2015 – Lonato, Italy
  • 2015: Gabala – Azerbaijan, Laranca – Cyprus, Alain – UAE, Acapulco – Mexico
  • 2014: Munich – Germany 2014 – Granada, Spain
  • 2013 – Lima, Peru 2012: Tucson – USA, London – UK
  • 2011: Concepcion – Chile, Beijing – China, Sydney – Australia, Maribor – Slovenia
  • 2011 – Belgrade, Serbia 2010: Lonato – Italy, Dorset – UK
  • 2010 – Munich, Germany
  • 2009: Cairo – Egypt, Munich – Germany, Minsk – Belarus, San Marino – San Marino
  • 2009 – Maribor, Slovenia
  • 2008: Beijing – China, Kerrville – USA
  • 2007: Lonato – Italy, Maribor – Slovenia
  • 2006 – Zagreb, Croatia
  • 2006: Xing Yuan – China, Kerrville – USA
  • 2005: Belgrade – Serbia
  • 2003: Lonato – Italy
  • 2000: New Delhi – India

Commonwealth Games
  • 2014: Glasgow, Scotland
  • 2010: New Delhi, India

Commonwealth Shooting Championships
  • 2010 – New Delhi, India

Asian Games
  • 2014: Incheon – Korea 2010: Guangzhou – China 2006: Doha – Qatar

Asian Shooting Championship
  • 2012: Doha – Qatar 2007: Kuwait City – Kuwait

Asian Shotgun Shooting Championship

  • 2013: Almaty, Kazakhstan
  • 2012: Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
  • 2009: Almaty, Kazakhstan
  • 2008: Jaipur, India
  • 2007: Manila, Philippines
  • 2005: Bangkok, Thailand
  • 2004: Bangkok, Thailand.

South Asian Federation (SAF) Shooting Championship
  • 2009 Dhaka, Bangladesh

References
  1. "Mairaj Ahmed Khan wins India's first skeet medal at a shooting World Cup". Zee News. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.

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