Ashok Pandit

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Ashok Pandit
Personal information
Nationality Indian
Sport
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
Sport Shooting
Medal record
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1982 Brisbane Centre-Fire Pistol - Pairs
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1990 Auckland Centre-Fire Pistol
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1990 Auckland Centre-Fire Pistol – Pairs
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994 Victoria Centre-Fire Pistol – Pairs
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Kuala Lumpur Centre-Fire Pistol – Pairs
Asian Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1994 Hiroshima 25 m center fire pistol team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998 Bangkok 25 m center fire pistol team

Ashok Pandit is an Indian sport shooter. He won the first gold in shooting in the Commonwealth Games for India. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] He was awarded the Arjuna Award in 1985. [6]

References

  1. "Ashok Pandit: India's First Golden Shooting star at the CWG". The Bridge. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  2. "Ashok Pandit". Commonwealth Sport. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  3. "Shooting - Medallists from previous Asian Games". Incheon2014. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  4. "Prospects in shooting could have been brighter: Ashok". The Indian Express. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  5. Vinayak Bhushan Padmadeo (6 June 2014). "Govt cancels Arjuna awardee's gun licences". The Indian Express. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  6. "Pandit denounces awarding of wild cards at Nationals". Sportsstar. 24 December 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2021.