Nihal Singh (sport shooter) explained

Nihal Singh is an Indian para shooter from Rajasthan. He competes in the P3 25m pistol individual event in SH1 category. He qualified to represent India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics at Paris. His quota berth in 50m pistol event was surrendered due to new limitation of quotas per country in each category.^[1]

Career

He won a bronze medal at the Para Shooting World Cup at New Delhi in March 2024. He won a silver medal in the mixed 50m pistol event; he shot 527 and won a silver medal along with Rudransh Khandelwal (530) and Singhraj Adhana (516) to aggregate a total score of 1573.^{[2] [3]} He won a gold and a silver at the World Shooting Para Sport World Cup in Osijek, Croatia in October 2023.^[4] In the 2022 World Shooting Para-Sports (WPS) World Championship at Al Ain, in November 2022, he finished fourth in the qualification final. ahead of Singhraj.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2024-05-30 . Paralympic Committee of India Forced To Surrender Tokyo Paralympics Hero Singhraj Adhana's Paris Quota Due To Change In International Paralympic Committee Rules . 2024-08-14 . Outlook India . en.
2. News: PTI . 2024-03-11 . Para World Cup: Pistol shooter Rudransh Khandelwal wins silver . 2024-08-14 . The Hindu . en-IN . 0971-751X.
3. Web site: PTI . 2024-03-11 . Para Shooting World Cup: Rudransh Khandelwal wins silver in mixed 50m pistol event . 2024-08-14 . Sportstar . en.
4. News: 2023-07-10 . Para-shooter Rudransh creates world record on way to pistol gold at WSPS World Cup . 2024-08-14 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
5. Web site: 2022-11-07 . Para-shooting World Cup: India Win Gold in P3 Mixed 25m Pistol Team Event; Rahul Jahkar Bags Bronze . 2024-08-14 . News18 . en.