Meghana Sajjanar

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Meghana Sajjanar
Personal information
Born20 January 1994 (1994-01-20) (age 31)
Karnataka, India
Education B.Tech CSE
Alma mater Jain University
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event
10 m air rifle
Medal record
Women's 10 m air rifle shooting Shooting pictogram.svg
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Cairo Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Cairo Team
World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Ningbo Individual
World University Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Kuala Lumpur Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Kuala Lumpur Individual

Meghana Sajjanar (born 20 January 1994) is an Indian sport shooter specializing in the 10 m air rifle event. [1] She became first women National champion from Karnataka in 2016.

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Career

Sajjanar represented India at the Gabala World Cup Gabala in the women's 10m air rifle event and shot a score of 419.6 to enter the final where she scored 205.7 and finished fourth. [1] In 2017, she also took part in the Munich and New Delhi World Cup events and finished 15th and 16th respectively. In 2017, she came sixth in the Asian Championship at Wako City. She also won individual silver and team gold in World University Championship 2018. In 2019 Asian Championship at Taoyuan, she came seventh. [1]

Before winning the bronze at Ningbo World Cup, she also took part in the Munich World Cup where she finished 25th. [2]

In 2022 and 2025, she was part of the Indian team that won the bronze medal in the air rifle team event at the Cairo World Championship. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  2. "Meghana Sajjanar wins air rifle bronze". The Hindu. 14 September 2025. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 11 November 2025.