Bhowneesh Mendiratta

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Bhowneesh Mendiratta
Personal information
Born (1999-06-30) June 30, 1999 (age 26)
Faridabad, Haryana, India
Alma mater Delhi University
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event Trap
Medal record
Men's trap shooting Shooting pictogram.svg
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
World Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Changwon Team
Asian Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Shymkent Individual
Junior Asian Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Doha Individual

Bhowneesh Mendiratta (born 30 June 1999) is an Indian trap shooter. [1]

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Early life and education

He graduated from the Delhi Public School, Faridabad in 2017. He went on to study at the Delhi University. [2]

Career

He started with double trap shooting, but gave it in favour of trap after double trap was dropped as an Olympic event. [3]

He was part of the team that won a silver medal at the trap competition at the 2022 ISSF World Cup. [4]

By finishing fourth at the 2022 World Shotgun Championships in the men's trap competition, he won the first Indian quota for the Paris Olympics. [5] [6]

References

  1. "Bhowneesh Mendiratta". International Shooting Sport Federation . Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  2. "Paralympic, Olympic participants get direct admission in DU". India Today. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  3. Dutt, Tushar (2022-10-06). "Learnt to enjoy the sport from Virat Kohli: Bhowneesh Mendiratta". The Times of India. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  4. "ISSF Shooting World Cup: Indian trio of Prithviraj, Vivaan, Bhowneesh capture silver in Trap team event". TimesNow. 2022-07-14. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  5. "Bhowneesh earns India's first Paris Olympics quota". ESPN. 2022-09-28. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  6. Dey, Santadeep (2022-09-30). "Bhowneesh Mendiratta: Will do anything for the Olympic gold medal". Sportstar. Retrieved 2023-10-24.