Apurvi Chandela

Apurvi Chandela
Personal information
Nationality Indian
Born (1993-01-04) 4 January 1993
Jaipur, India
Height 1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight 52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Country India
Sport Shooting
Event(s) 10 metre air rifle
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  India
World Championships
2018 Changwon10 m team air rifle
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow10 m air rifle
2018 Gold Coast10 m air rifle
Asian Games
2018 Jakatra Palembang10 m air rifle mixed team

Apurvi Singh Chandela (born 4 January 1993) is an Indian sport shooter who competes in the 10 metre air rifle event. She won the gold medal in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[1]

Early life

Chandela was born in Jaipur.[2] Her father is Kuldeep Singh Chandela,[3] a hotelier, and mother is Bindu Rathore.[4] She did her schooling from Mayo College Girls School Ajmer & Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls' School, Jaipur. She studied Sociology honours from Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University.

Career

In 2012, Chandela won the gold medal in the 10 metres air rifle event at the National shooting championships in New Delhi, her first year in the senior circuit.[5][6] In 2014, she won four medals at the Intershoot Championships at The Hague, that included two individual and two team medals.[7] In the same year, she won the gold medal in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, having scored 206.7 points in final, in the process creating a new games record.[8]

Chandela qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics in the women's 10m air rifle event, where she finished at 34th position in the qualification round out of 51 contestants.[9]

At the 2018 Asian Games, she paired with Ravi Kumar for the 10 meter air rifle mixed team event, and won a bronze medal.[10]

ISSF World Medal Tally

No. Event Championship Year Place Medal
1 10m air rifle ISSF World Cup 2015 Changwon 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
2 10m air rifle ISSF World Cup Final 2015 Munich 2nd, silver medalist(s)

References

  1. ↑ "Women's 10 metre air rifle Finals". glasgow2014.com. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "CWG gold winner Apoorvi Chandela welcomed and felicitated in Jaipur". Patrika Group (4 August 2014). Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Jaipur girl realises dream of shooting alongside Bindra, wins two gold".
  4. ↑ "Apurvi Chandela wins gold in Commonwealth Games 2014 ~ Rajasthan News, Jaipur News, Ajmer, Udaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, News".
  5. ↑ "Apurvi Chandela takes air rifle gold". The Hindu. 25 December 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "Apurvi Chandela profile". Olympic Gold Quest. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "Rajasthan shooter Apurvi Chandela bags 4 medals at Hague meet". thehindubusinessline.com. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "CWG gold winner shooter Apoorvi Chandela is aiming for Olympic games". Patrika Group (5 August 2014). Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "Rio Olympics 2016: Jitu Rai finishes 8th in 10m Air Pistol; Apurvi Chandela, Ayonika Paul out in qualifiers". First Post. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  10. ↑ Sharma, Nitin; Judge, Shahid (20 August 2018). "Asian Games 2018: Shooters Apurvi Chandela, Ravi Kumar open India's medal tally, clinch mixed air rifle bronze". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
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