Mairaj Ahmad Khan

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Mairaj Ahmed Khan
Mairaj Ahmad Khan in skeet at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games (51352316344) (cropped).jpg
Mairaj Ahmad Khan at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Personal information
National teamIndia
Born (1975-11-02) 2 November 1975 (age 47)
Khurja, Bulandshahar, India
Years active2003-present
Sport
CountryIndia
Sport Sports shooting
Achievements and titles
World finals3
National finals11
Olympic finals 2
Commonwealth finals 1

Mairaj Ahmed Khan (born 2 November 1975, in Khurja) is an Indian skeet shooter and two-time Olympian. [1] [2] Khan was the first Indian skeet shooter to qualify for the Olympics when he qualified for the Rio Olympics in 2015; [3] he also competed in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. [4] He has won gold at the ISSF World Shooting Championships, [5] [6] [7] the Commonwealth Shooting Championships, [6] [2] and the Asian Shooting Championships. [2] In 2021, Sportstar reported that Khan was ranked #24 in the world in skeet. [8]

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Early life

Khan was born on 2 November 1975 to Ilyas Ahmed and his wife in Khurja, Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, India. [3] [9] [10] [2] The family are affluent Kheshgi and Sunni Muslims. [11] Khan's father, uncles, and brother Najam were all state-level trap shooters but none of them pursued it professionally. [5] [3] Khan has two other siblings, Siraj and Farheen.[ citation needed ]

As a child, Khan was very interested in cricket and played as a top order batsman. He was eventually named skipper of Uttar Pradesh's U-19 team in the 1990s. [3] [7] At age 10, he placed third in a U-12 50-metre rifle competition and used his prize money to buy a cricket bat. He eventually decided not to pursue cricket professionally and instead turned to skeet shooting after college. [3] Khan also has a Masters degree. [2]

Career

Khan's first international competition was the 2003 ISSF World Cup in Lonato, Italy. [5] [10] He has participated in a number of regional, national, and world competitions, including the ISSF World Shooting Championships, (2000, 2003, 2005-2011, 2013-2016, 2021) [6] [7] [5] [2] Commonwealth Shooting Championships (2010), [6] [2] Commonwealth Games (2010, 2014), [7] [12] [2] Asian Games (2006, 2010, 2014), [13] [2] [14] Asian Shooting Championships (2004, 2007-2009, 2011-2014, 2016-2017, 2019), [2] and the South Asian Federation Shooting Championship (2009).[ citation needed ]

In 2016, Khan became the first ever Indian skeet shooter to qualify for the Olympics. [6] [15] [9] [3] [16] [17] At the Rio Olympics, he finished in 9th place. [18] [4] He also qualified for the Tokyo Olympics and finished 25th. [4] In 2022 in Changwon, South Korea, he became the first Indian skeet shooter to win a gold medal at the ISSF World Cup. [19] [20] This came as a surprise to Khan, who almost quit shooting after his father's 2021 death. [4]

His coaches throughout his career have included Andrea Benelli, [2] Sunny Thomas, [2] Ennio Falco, [21] and Riccardo Filippelli. [19] Khan also runs an NGO called MAK Shooting Foundation, which trains future shooting talent. [10] He coached Angad Vir Singh Bajwa. [22]

Medals

MedalDateEventPlaceRef
Gold medal icon.svg2007National Shooting Championship Competition Delhi, India
Gold medal icon.svgSingapore Open Shooting Championship (team) Singapore
Bronze medal icon.svgSingapore Open Shooting Championship (individual)
Silver medal icon.svg National Games of India Guwahati, India
Gold medal icon.svg2008Singapore Open Shooting Championship (team) Singapore
Silver medal icon.svgSingapore Open Shooting Championship (individual)
Bronze medal icon.svgAll India Sardar Sajjan Singh Sethi Master's Shooting Championship Patiala, India
Gold medal icon.svg2009National Shooting Championship CompetitionIndia
Gold medal icon.svgAll India Sardar Sajjan Singh Sethi Masters Shooting Championship Jammu, India
Silver medal icon.svgSouth Asian Federation Shooting Championship (team) Dhaka, Bangladesh
Silver medal icon.svgSouth Asian Federation Shooting Championship (individual)
Gold medal icon.svg2010National Shooting Championship CompetitionIndia
Gold medal icon.svg Commonwealth Shooting Championships (pairs)New Delhi, India [3] [6] [7]
Silver medal icon.svg Commonwealth Shooting Championships (individual) [6]
Gold medal icon.svg2011 Asian Shotgun Shooting Championships (team) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [3] [5]
Silver medal icon.svg National Games of India Ranchi, India
Bronze medal icon.svgNational Shooting Championship CompetitionDelhi, India
Gold medal icon.svg2012All India Sardar Sajjan Singh Sethi Masters Shooting Championship Delhi, India
Silver medal icon.svg Asian Shotgun Shooting Championships
Silver medal icon.svg2014National Shooting Championship CompetitionPatiala, India
Silver medal icon.svg2015National Games of India Kerala, India
Gold medal icon.svg2016National Shooting Championship Competition Jaipur, India [23]
Silver medal icon.svg ISSF World Shooting Championships Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [6] [19] [5] [2]
Bronze medal icon.svg Asian Shotgun Shooting Championships Abu Dhabi, UAE [24] [5] [2]
Silver medal icon.svg2019National Shotgun Championship Tughlakabad, India [25]
Silver medal icon.svg Asian Shooting Championships Doha, Qatar [5] [2]
Gold medal icon.svg2021ISSF World CupNew Delhi, India [5] [2]
Bronze medal icon.svg Cairo, Egypt [2]
Gold medal icon.svg2022Digvijay Singh Memorial Shooting ChampionshipDelhi, India [26]
Gold medal icon.svgISSF World Cup Changwon, South Korea [4] [2]
Gold medal icon.svgNational Shooting Championship CompetitionTughlakabad, India [27]

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