World Record holders ApurviChandela is India big shooting medal hopes at Rio 2016 Olympics
World Record holders ApurviChandela is India big shooting medal hopes at Rio 2016 Olympics
Apurvi will be challenged by shooters from China, Iran, Ukraine, Serbia, and Croatia, but her red-hot form gives the Indian a chance of bagging a medal in Rio.
ApurviChandela was born in a Rajput family in Jaipur to a hotelier father. She then went onto complete her graduation in Delhi where acquired her bachelor's degree in Sociology. However, with a strong interest in sports, a career in sports journalism was her preferred option, until AbhinavBindra won India's first individual gold medal and like it did to many, showed Apurvi her way forward.
“It’s totally random. I liked watching sports a lot. But since I hadn’t played any seriously, I thought the next best thing would be to become a sports journalist, but seeing Bindra win the gold, I thought why not give it a shot?”
With support from her father and inspiration from Bindra's gold in Beijing, Apurvi embarked on her shooting journey and within four years she was competing on the national circuit.
Fast forward to 2016, Apurvi has earned precious guidance from her idol AbhinavBindra as she tries to emulate his achievement from eight years ago. Earlier in the year, Apurvi gave the biggest signal of intent after breaking the world record score of 211.2 in women's 10m air rifle event, to surpass the feat of Chinese Olympic gold medallist Yi Siling (211).
Apurvi's father is happy with her daughter's growth as a shooter and his only wish that remains is to see her win an Olympic medal. “We had the confidence as we have seen her practicing shooting since day one. We also hope that one day she will win gold for the country in the Olympics,” “And watching her talent, now AbhinavBindra also guides her. So now we all have got double reason to rejoice at her success,” he added.
Apurvi has strengthened that area which was considered a weakness in the Indian shooting contingent over the years. But in Apurvi and Ayonika Paul, the Women's 10m air rifle category has become one of India's biggest strong points heading into Rio Olympics 2016.
“It’s totally random. I liked watching sports a lot. But since I hadn’t played any seriously, I thought the next best thing would be to become a sports journalist, but seeing Bindra win the gold, I thought why not give it a shot?”
With support from her father and inspiration from Bindra's gold in Beijing, Apurvi embarked on her shooting journey and within four years she was competing on the national circuit.
Fast forward to 2016, Apurvi has earned precious guidance from her idol AbhinavBindra as she tries to emulate his achievement from eight years ago. Earlier in the year, Apurvi gave the biggest signal of intent after breaking the world record score of 211.2 in women's 10m air rifle event, to surpass the feat of Chinese Olympic gold medallist Yi Siling (211).
Apurvi's father is happy with her daughter's growth as a shooter and his only wish that remains is to see her win an Olympic medal. “We had the confidence as we have seen her practicing shooting since day one. We also hope that one day she will win gold for the country in the Olympics,” “And watching her talent, now AbhinavBindra also guides her. So now we all have got double reason to rejoice at her success,” he added.
Apurvi has strengthened that area which was considered a weakness in the Indian shooting contingent over the years. But in Apurvi and Ayonika Paul, the Women's 10m air rifle category has become one of India's biggest strong points heading into Rio Olympics 2016.
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