Malaika Goel (born 23 October 1997) is an Indian shooter. She won the silver medal in the Women's 10m Air Pistol competition at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[1] She was the youngest medallist.[2]
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| Nationality | India | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 October 1997 Amritsar, Punjab, India | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) (2014) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) (2014) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editBy the age of 20, Goel had grabbed as many as 16 international medals.[2] She started her shooting career in 2008.[3] In 2012, Goel won a silver medal at the senior national championships in the 10 meter Air Pistol competition. In the same year, she also won a silver at the Asian Air Gun Championships in China in the juniors category. In its 2013 event held in Tehran, Goel scoring 197.7 points won the gold medal in the Youth section.[4]
In the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she won the silver medal, having scored 197.1 points.[3] She left behind Dorothy Ludwig of Canada with Bronze medal.[5] She also won a bronze at the Asian Championships in Kuwait in 2014.[6] At the 59th National Shooting Championship in 2015 in New Delhi, she earned the bronze medal in the 10-metre air pistol event. Goel's coach are Mohinder Lal and Gurjeet Singh. [7][2]
Personal life
editGoel stopped going to school when she was at Class VI. At 16 years old, the teenager already had a deep love for shooting unlike other teenagers who were addicted to social media and cellphones. Her father was a police officer in Punjab.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Women's 10 meter Air Pistol Result". glasgow2014.com. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ a b c "Malaika Goel: Shooting her way to glory". The Times of India. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Malaika Goel Wins Silver for India in Women's 10m Air Pistol Event". news.biharprabha.com. IANS. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ "Malaika Goel wins gold, India bags 38 medals". The Hindu. 27 October 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ "Class sixth dropout girl wins silver in Commonwealth games". Patrika Group. No. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ "Shooting | OGQ". www.olympicgoldquest.in. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation - issf-sports.org". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "16-year-old Malaika Goel shoots silver for India at Commonwealth Games". The Indian Express. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
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