Parinaaz Dhaliwal

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Parinaaz Dhaliwal
Personal information
Born30 November 2001 (2001-11-30) (age 22)
Patiala, Punjab, India
Sport
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
Sport Shooting
Event(s)SKW, SK125W, SKMT, SKMIX, SKTEAMW

Parinaaz Dhaliwal (born 30 November 2001) is an Indian sport shooter from Punjab. [1] She competes in the skeet discipline. She is part of the Indian shooting team at the Asian Games, Hangzhou, China. [2] She was part of the Indian women's skeet team, along with Darshna Rathore and Ganemat Sekhon that finished fourth in the Asian Games shooting competitions. [3]

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Early life

In 2015, Parinaaz expressed interest in shooting and asked her father Rattandeep Dhaliwal to get her a gun. So her father joined her for training at the New Moti Bagh Range at Patiala.

Career

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References

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