Kishmala Talat (born 18 June 2002) is a Pakistani sports shooter. She won Pakistan's first Asian Games medal in shooting at the 2022 Asian Games.[1][2] She won silver medal in Asian Rifle/ Pistol Championship 2024 Jakarta, Indonesia and became the first woman in the history of Pakistan to get direct berth to Olympics. In the same event with his teammate Gulfam Joseph, she won bronze medal in mix team event.[3] She represented Pakistan in Women's 25 metre pistol event and Women's 10 metre air pistol event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[4]
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| Sport | Sports shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editAt the 2019 South Asian Games, Talat won a silver medal. In 2022, she received an IOC scholarship.[5]
In 2023, Talat won a bronze medal in the women's 10 metre air pistol at the 2022 Asian Games.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ "ISSF – International Shooting Sport Federation – issf-sports.org". issf-sports.org.
- ^ "Shooter Kishmala Talat wins bronze medal in Asian Games". geosuper.tv.
- ^ "Kishmala Talat, Gulfam Joseph win bronze medal in 10m Air Pistol mixed team event". www.geosuper.tv. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Pakistan shooter Kishmala Talat qualifies for Paris Olympics". www.geosuper.tv. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Shooting TALAT Kishmala – The 19th Asian Games". info.hangzhou2022.cn.
- ^ "Kishmala Talat secures historic bronze in Asian Games shooting event".
- ^ "Pakistan's shooter Kishmala Talat clinches bronze medal at Asian Games 2023". radio.gov.pk.