Meena Kumari (sport shooter)

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Meena Kumari
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (1983-07-17) 17 July 1983 (age 41)
Raghunathpura, Himachal Pradesh
Height156 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Sport
CountryIndia
SportShooting
Event 50m Rifle Prone Women [1]
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Delhi 50 m rifle prone pairs

Meena Kumari (born 17 July 1983) is an Indian shooter. She is from Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh. [2]

She along with Tejaswini Sawant won a bronze medal in at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. They secured the bronze after losing by just a margin of one point. [3]

In the Commonwealth Games 2014, Meena finished sixth with a score of 615.3 points in the women's 50-metre rifle prone finals at the Barry Buddon Shooting Centre. [4] [5] She finished fourth with a score of 586 at the 2010 Asian Games held at the Aoti Range in Guangzhou. [6]

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References

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  2. "Tejaswini, Kumari bag bronze in 50m rifle prone". The Times of India . Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  3. "Disppointing [sic] show by Indian shooters; Meema-Tejaswini miss gold". India Today . PTI. 11 October 2010.
  4. "Commonwealth Games 2014: Shooters Meena Kumari and Lajja Gauswami fail to impress". 29 July 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  5. "Shooting". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
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