Rudrankksh Patil Explained

Birth Date:2003 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Thane, Maharashtra, India
Nationality:Indian
Occupation:Rifle shooting
Show-Medals:yes
Country:India
Sport:Shooting
Event:10m air rifle
Highestranking:1st (current)[1]

Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil (born 16 December 2003), also known as Rudrankkash Balasaheb Patil, is an Indian sport shooter. He won medals at the Shooting World Cup.[2] [3] In December 2022, he ranked first in 10m air rifle[4] in ISSF rankings. He won an Olympic quota berth for India in Men's 10m air rifle for the Paris Olympics.[5]

Early life

Patil was born in Thane, Maharashtra. His learnt shooting initially from Coach Snehal Kadam at PTKS Ville Parle for 5 to 6 years then from coach Ajit Patil at Thane. His father, Balasaheb Patil and mother, Hemangini Patil, encouraged him to take up shooting. Initially, he started with chess and football but shifted to shooting.

Career

At the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, Patil scored a world record score on way to winning India's first gold medal[6] on 25 September 2023. He secured a Paris 2024 Olympic quota berth, after winning gold in the 10m air rifle event at the 2022 ISSF World Shooting Championships[7] [8] at Cairo, the new administrative capital, on 14 October 2022.[9] Earlier in the 2022 Asian Championships in Daegu, he bagged first place in the Men’s 10m air rifle team event. He is preparing for the Paris Olympics under coach Neha Chavan at Gun for Glory Academy in Pune.[10] Gagan Narang, co-founder of the Academy and vice-president of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) helped him get a sponsored gun from Walther company, Germany, which was presented to him at a press conference in Pune.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rudrankksh Balasaheb PATIL. International Shooting Sport Federation.
  2. News: Bureau . Sports . 2023-02-21 . Rudrankksh Patil wins air rifle gold in Cairo World Cup . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-02-28 . 0971-751X.
  3. Web site: Judge . Shahid . Shooting: Meet Rudrankksh Patil, India's 10m air rifle world champion who loves to research . 2023-02-28 . Scroll.in . en-US.
  4. Web site: ISSF rankings: India’s Rudrankksh Patil becomes world No. 1 in men’s 10m air rifle shooting. Olympics.com. en-US.
  5. Web site: 2024-02-19 . Paris 2024: All Indian athletes to qualify for the Olympics . 2024-02-23 . Olympics.com . Rudrankksh Patil, who obtained a men's 10m air rifle shooting quota for India during the qualifying period, could not make it to the final team either..
  6. Web site: Web . Statesman . 2023-09-25 . Who is Rudrankksh Patil? Shooter leads Indian team to Asian Games gold . 2024-01-01 . The Statesman . en.
  7. Web site: Srinivasan . Kamesh . 2022-10-14 . Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil seals Paris Olympics quota . 2023-02-28 . sportstar.thehindu.com . en.
  8. News: 2022-10-14 . Rudrankksh Patil becomes second Indian shooter to win 10m air rifle gold at World Championships, secures Paris Olympics quota . The Times of India . 2023-02-28 . 0971-8257.
  9. Web site: Sportstar . Team . 2022-10-24 . Paris 2024: Full list of Olympics quota winners from India in shooting . 2024-02-03 . Sportstar . en . Each National Olympic Committee is allowed 24 quotas across all events. Only three of these have been claimed thus far by Bhowneesh Mendiratta, Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil and Swapnil Kusale..
  10. 최규정 . YIKYUNGOCK . 정범철 . 문제헌 . December 2014 . Kinematical Analysis of 2011 Daegu IAAF World Championships Men's Pole Vault Event . Korean Journal of Sport Science . 25 . 4 . 680–689 . 10.24985/kjss.2014.25.4.680 . 1598-2920. free .
  11. News: 2023-12-05 . With two coaches, rifle shooter Rudrankksh Patil aims to make his Paris quota count . The Times of India . 2024-01-01 . 0971-8257.

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