Malaika Goel

Malaika Goel
Personal information
Nationality India
Born (1997-10-23) 23 October 1997
Amritsar, Punjab, India
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) (2014)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb) (2014)

Malaika Goel (born 23 October 1997) is an Indian shooter. She won the silver medal in the Women's 10m Air Pistol competition at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[1]

Career

She started her shooting career in 2008.[2] In 2012, Goel won a silver medal at the senior national championships in the 10 meter Air Pistol competition. In the same year, she also won a silver at the Asian Air Gun Championships in China in the juniors category. In its 2013 event held in Tehran, Goel scoring 197.7 points won the gold medal in the Youth section.[3]

In the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she won the silver medal having scored 197.1 points.[2] She left behind Dorothy Ludwig of Canada with Bronze medal.[4]

References

  1. "Women's 10 meter Air Pistol Result". glasgow2014.com. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Malaika Goel Wins Silver for India in Women's 10m Air Pistol Event". news.biharprabha.com. IANS. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  3. "Malaika Goel wins gold, India bags 38 medals". The Hindu. 27 October 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  4. "Class sixth dropout girl wins silver in Commonwealth games". Patrika Group (26 July 2014). Retrieved 26 July 2014.
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