Tika Shrestha

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Tika Shrestha
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Full nameTika Ram Shrestha
Nationality Nepali
Born (1964-09-02) 2 September 1964 (age 57)
Kathmandu, Nepal
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s)10 m air rifle (AR60)

Tika Ram Shrestha (born 2 September 1964 in Kathmandu) is a Nepalese sport shooter. [1] He has been selected to compete for Nepal in air rifle shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing in the penultimate position out of 47 shooters. [2]

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Shrestha qualified as a sole shooter for the Nepalese team in the men's 10 m air rifle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He had been granted an Olympic invitation for his country by ISSF and IOC, having registered a minimum qualifying score of 570 at the ISSF World Cup meet in Bangkok, Thailand few months earlier. [2] [3] A less experienced to the international scene, Shrestha showed much of his strength to shoot 579 points out of a possible 600 for the penultimate position in a 47-shooter field, failing to advance further to the final. [4]

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