Abhinav Deshwal
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| Born | 2007 (age 16–17) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  India | ||||||||||||||
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Abhinav Deshwal (born 2007) is an Indian deaf sports shooter.[1] He made his Deaflympic debut at the age of 15 representing India at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics (held in May 2022). He hails from Roorkee, Uttarakhand.[2]
Career
[edit]He competed at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics and clinched a gold medal in the men's 10m air pistol shooting event.[2][3] He was initially tied with Ukraine's Oleksii Lazebnyk at 234.2 points apiece at the end of 24-shot final, before securing a gold medal in a shoot-off where he shot 10.3 in contrast to Lazebnyk's 9.7 mark.[2][4] It was also India's second gold medal in shooting during the 2021 Summer Deaflympics.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Abhinav Deshwal". Deaflympics. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ^ a b c "Abhinav Deshwal wins men's 10m air pistol gold at Deaflympics". Sportstar. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ^ "Abhinav Deshwal wins gold in men's 10m air pistol at Deaflympics | More sports News - Times of India". The Times of India. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ^ "Results - Shooting 10m Air Pistol (Men)". Deaflympics. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
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- Deaflympic shooters for India
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- Medalists at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics
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