Rudrankksh Patil

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Rudrankksh Patil
Personal information
Full nameRudrankksh Balasaheb Patil
NationalityFlag of India.svg  Indian
Born (2003-12-16) 16 December 2003 (age 21)
Thane, Maharashtra, India
Alma mater University of Mumbai
Sport
Sport Rifle shooting
Event 10 m air rifle
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking1
Medal record
Men's 10 m air rifle shooting Shooting pictogram.svg
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Event1st2nd3rd
World Championships 2--
World Cup 322
Asian Games 1--
Asian Championships 2-2
Junior World Championships -1-
Junior World Cup 2--
Total1034
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Cairo Individual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Cairo Team
World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Cairo Individual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Cairo Mixed Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Buenos Aires Individual
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Buenos Aires Mixed Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Lima Mixed Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Bhopal Mixed Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Bhopal Individual
Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou Team
Asian Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Daegu Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Jakarta Mixed Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Jakarta Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Jakarta Individual
Junior World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Lima Individual
Junior World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Suhl Individual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Suhl Team

Rudrankksh Patil (born 16 December 2003) is an Indian sport shooter specializing in the 10 m air rifle event. Widely regarded as one of the most promising talents in Indian shooting, he rose to international prominence after becoming the World No.1 in the 10 m air rifle category in 2022. [1]

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Early life

Patil was born in Thane, Maharashtra. His learnt shooting initially from Coach Snehal Kadam at PTKS Ville Parle for 5 to 6 years then from coach Ajit Patil at Thane. His father, Balasaheb Patil and mother, Hemangini Patil, encouraged him to take up shooting. Initially, he started with chess and football but shifted to shooting.

Career

At the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, Patil scored a world record score on way to winning India's first gold medal [2] on 25 September 2023. He secured a Paris 2024 Olympic quota berth, after winning gold in the 10m air rifle event at the 2022 ISSF World Shooting Championships [3] [4] at Cairo, the new administrative capital, on 14 October 2022. [5] Earlier in the 2022 Asian Championships in Daegu, he bagged first place in the Men’s 10m air rifle team event. [2] He is preparing for the Paris Olympics under coach Neha Chavan at Gun for Glory Academy in Pune. [6] Gagan Narang, co-founder of the Academy and vice-president of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) helped him get a sponsored gun from Walther company, Germany, which was presented to him at a press conference in Pune. [7]

References

  1. "ISSF rankings: India's Rudrankksh Patil becomes world No. 1 in men's 10m air rifle shooting". Olympics.com.
  2. 1 2 Web, Statesman (25 September 2023). "Who is Rudrankksh Patil? Shooter leads Indian team to Asian Games gold". The Statesman. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  3. Srinivasan, Kamesh (14 October 2022). "Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil seals Paris Olympics quota". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  4. "Rudrankksh Patil becomes second Indian shooter to win 10m air rifle gold at World Championships, secures Paris Olympics quota". The Times of India. 14 October 2022. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  5. Sportstar, Team (24 October 2022). "Paris 2024: Full list of Olympics quota winners from India in shooting". Sportstar. Retrieved 3 February 2024. Each National Olympic Committee is allowed 24 quotas across all events. Only three of these have been claimed thus far by Bhowneesh Mendiratta, Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil and Swapnil Kusale.
  6. 최규정; YIKYUNGOCK; 정범철; 문제헌 (December 2014). "Kinematical Analysis of 2011 Daegu IAAF World Championships Men's Pole Vault Event". Korean Journal of Sport Science. 25 (4): 680–689. doi: 10.24985/kjss.2014.25.4.680 . ISSN   1598-2920.
  7. "With two coaches, rifle shooter Rudrankksh Patil aims to make his Paris quota count". The Times of India. 5 December 2023. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 1 January 2024.