Apurvi Chandela

On 4th January 1993, Jaipur, India, the Chandela Rajput family got blessed with the future shooting star of India, Apurvi.  She is an Indian sports shooter who competes in the 10-meter air rifle event. Rifle shooting was never really a plan for her when she went to a local shooting range in Jaipur. She was not comfortable with a pistol, so took a rifle and ended up firing ten full. Following the philosophy of her father, Apurvi has jumped from one milestone to another, with much focus and hard work, in recent years. She began bagging awards and won bronze in a statewide competition. She is the second Indian to win a gold medal at ISSF after Anjali Bhagwat. She won several gold medals at the 2019 ISSF World Cup in New Delhi, Munich and Rio de Janeiro (10 m air rifle).

A glimpse at her burgeoning career:-

• In 2012, she made a dynamic debut by participating in the National Shooting Championship and added the first feather in her cap by winning a gold medal in the 10-meter air rifle event.
• Clinched four medals; two individuals and two with the team at the 2014 Intershoot Championship which was held in Hague.
• Apurvi clinched a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014, having scored 206.7 points in the final, in the process of creating a new game record.
• Apurvi qualified for the women's 10-meter air rifle event and represented India at the Rio Olympics, where she ended up with 34th position in the qualification round out of 51 participants.
• She earned bronze medals in 10 m air rifle event of the Commonwealth Games, and the 10m air rifle mixed team event at the Asian Games of 2018. The same year, she also bagged a silver medal in 10 m team air rifle event of the ISSF World Shooting Championship, held in Changwon.
• At the 10m women's air rifle event​ of the 2019 ISSF World Cup in New Delhi, Apurvi bagged a gold medal and claimed a new world record with a total of 252.9 points.    
• Bagged the gold medal at the 2019 ISSF World Cup in Munich in women’s 10m air rifle with 251 points
• Clinched a gold medal in mixed team 10m Air rifle event with Deepak Kumar at 2019 ISSF World Cup in Rio de Janeiro