Heena Sidhu

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Heena Sidhu
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Personal information
NationalityFlag of India.svg  India
Citizenship Indian
Born (1989-08-29) 29 August 1989 (age 33)
Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Education Bachelor of Dental Surgery
Alma mater Yadavindra Public School, Patiala
Gian Sagar Dental College.
Occupation Sport shooter
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in) (As of April 2013)
Weight50.5 kg (111 lb) (As of April 2013)
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2013)​
Sport
RankNo.1 (7 April 2014)
Medal record
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Women's shooting
World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Germany 10 m air pistol
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 New Delhi 10 m air pistol mixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Beijing 10 m air pistol
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Fort Benning 10 m air pistol
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Delhi 10 m air pistol pairs
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast 25 m pistol
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Delhi 10 m Air Pistol
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast 10 m Air Pistol
Asian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Guangzhou 10 m air pistol team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Incheon 25 m pistol team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Jakarta-Palembong 10 m air pistol
Commonwealth Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Brisbane 10 m air pistol
Asian Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Kuwait 10 m air pistol
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Kuwait 10 m air pistol

Heena Sidhu (born 29 August 1989) is an Indian sport shooter. On 7 April 2014, Sidhu became the first Indian pistol shooter to reach number one in world rankings by the International Shooting Sport Federation. [1] In 2013, Sidhu became the first Indian pistol shooter to win a gold medal in an ISSF World Cup finals when she won the 10-metre air pistol event. In 2014, Sidhu was the World record holder in the 10-metre air pistol event with a final score of 203.8. [2] Sidhu is right handed and is right eye dominant.

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Personal life

In 2013, Sidhu received a degree of Bachelor of Dental Surgery. [3] Sidhu's father was a national sports shooter. Her brother is also a shooter in the 10 metre air pistol event. Sidhu's uncle is a gunsmith and gun customizer. On 7 February 2013, Sidhu married Ronak Pandit, also a pistol shooter who also acts as her coach. [3] She has a daughter named Reyah. [4] Sidhu resides in Goregaon, Mumbai. [5]

Career

Sidhu began shooting in 2006, participating in the national junior and senior teams. She was a member of the Patiala Club. She began shooting to aid her admission into dental school. [3]

In 2009, Sidhu won a silver medal at the ISSF World Cup in Beijing. [6] She won first place in the women's 10 m air pistol event at the national championship in Kerala.

Sidhu, with Annu Raj Singh and Sonia Rai, won a silver medal in the Women's 10 m air pistol team event at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. With Annu Raj Singh scoring 375 points and Sidhu scoring 384 points, Sidhu and Singh won a gold medal in the women's pairs 10 metre air pistol at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. [7] In the singles event, Sidhu won a silver medal. [3]

Sidhu was a member of the Indian team to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. [8] She competed in the women's 10 metre air pistol event, finishing twelfth in the qualification round. Sidhu was part of the official London Olympic Games film entitled First: The Story of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The film, written, produced and directed by Caroline Rowland followed a dozen first-time Olympic athletes as they prepared to compete in London. [9] [10]

In 2013, Sidhu won the gold medal at the ISSF World Cup Finals in Munich, Germany. [11] Sidhu defeated the world champion Zorana Arunovic of Serbia and the previous winner, Olena Kostevych of Ukraine with 203.8 points, which gave her a 5-point lead at the end of the event. [12]

In the 2014 Indian National Shooting trials, Sidhu won by 0.1 point over Rahi Sarnobat in the women's air pistol event. [13]

In 2016, Sidhu qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the women's 10 metre air pistol and the women's 25 metre pistol events. She finished fourteenth in the women's 10 metre air pistol and twentieth in the women's 25 metre pistol qualifying rounds. [14]

In 2017, Sidhu won gold medal in women's 10 metre air pistol event at the Commonwealth shooting championships in Brisbane. [15]

In 2016, Sidhu pulled out of the Asian Air Gun Championships in Tehran because Iran made the wearing of the hijab mandatory for female participants. [16] [17]

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Sidhu won a silver medal in the women's 10 metre air pistol event, and a gold medal in the women's 25 metre air pistol event. She broke the Commonwealth Games record of 38 in winning the gold medal. [18]

Awards

On 28 August 2014, Sidhu was conferred the Arjuna Award. [19]

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References

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