Bhowneesh Mendiratta is an Indian sport shooter.[1] He won a quota berth for the Paris Olympics.[2]

Bhowneesh Mendiratta
Personal information
Born (1999-06-30) June 30, 1999 (age 25)
Alma materDelhi University
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Rank26 (men's trap)

Early life and education

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He graduated from the Delhi Public School, Faridabad in 2017. He went on to study at the Delhi University.[3]

Career

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He started with double trap shooting, but gave it in favour of trap after double trap was dropped as an Olympic event.[4]

He was part of the team that won a silver medal at the trap competition at the 2022 ISSF World Cup.[5]

By finishing fourth at the 2022 World Shotgun Championships in the men's trap competition, he won the first Indian quota for the Paris Olympics.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "Bhowneesh Mendiratta". International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  2. ^ "Trap shooter Bhowneesh Mendiratta in joint lead at ISSF Shotgun World Cup". The Times of India. 2023-05-26. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
  3. ^ "Paralympic, Olympic participants get direct admission in DU". India Today. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  4. ^ Dutt, Tushar (2022-10-06). "Learnt to enjoy the sport from Virat Kohli: Bhowneesh Mendiratta". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  5. ^ "ISSF Shooting World Cup: Indian trio of Prithviraj, Vivaan, Bhowneesh capture silver in Trap team event". TimesNow. 2022-07-14. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  6. ^ "Bhowneesh earns India's first Paris Olympics quota". ESPN. 2022-09-28. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  7. ^ Dey, Santadeep (2022-09-30). "Bhowneesh Mendiratta: Will do anything for the Olympic gold medal". Sportstar. Retrieved 2023-10-24.