Rajasthan News Desk !! Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (English: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, born- 29 January 1970, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan) is a famous shooter of India. On August 17 at the Athens Olympics to be held in August 2004, a new player set a new record, giving Azad India the first Olympic silver medal. India received a silver medal in a personal event from the gun of Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore. In independent India, India got the first silver medal after 57 years of independence. Prior to him, Britani -origin -born Norman Prichared won two silver medals in the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Introduction
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore was born on 29 January, 1970 in a Rajput family in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. His household name is ‘Chile’. His wife’s name is Dr. Gayatri. He has a 5-year-old son- Manav Aditya and daughter- Bhagyashree. His mother’s name is Manju and father Colonel Laxman Singh. He lives in Delhi.
Start of shooting
Shooting was started by Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore in 1998. Quickly he started being counted among the best trap shooters in the world. In 2003, he won the World Championship bronze in the city of Nicosia in Cyprus. Former Rathore of the competition had said- ‘Shooting in Maidane Jung is easier than winning the Olympic medal. In the atmosphere of the competition, the fear inside you comes out. “He left the army and won the playground. He said about his achievement-” Cricket is very important in our country. I also like this, but with my achievement people will also come to sports like shooting. “
top player
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has been the best player of basketball, volleyball, cricket, football, kabaddi and athletics since the time of schooling. He performed brilliantly in national cricket organized by the School Games Federation of India and won a gold medal in a flywheel throw competition. When Rajyavardhan was a student of class 10, he was given a scholarship by the School Games Federation. After this, NDA, National Defense Academy (NDA) also performed brilliantly in the basketball team and won many individual gold medals, making them NDA. Best Sports Award of ‘NDA Blazer was awarded. After this, Rajyavardhan won gold in volleyball, football, cricket, boxing and waterpolo on arriving at ‘Indian Military Academy’ (IMA). Then he was the captain of the volleyball team. They are ‘IMA Blazer ‘award was also given. Being the best player of this course, he was also given the gold medal of the Sikh Regiment. During this course, he was declared the best cadet and was awarded the ‘Sword of Honor’.
In 1996, the shooting of Rajyavardhan was trained at Army Marxman Infantry School. Then after that he continuously practiced shooting in Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range, Tughlaqbad of Delhi. National champion Murad Ali Khan, who was also a partner in the game with Rajyavardhan, said about Rajyavardhana- “His discipline, hard work, dedication, confidence and financial assistance succeeded in getting him medal. He was made a program of practice in a scientific way. His biggest quality is that this hardworking shooter comes into action without wasting time. ” His interests have to listen to music, hunt, play and play golf. His best score has been 191/200. He is very impressed with his mother and father.
Silver winner of Athens Olympics
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won a silver medal for India at the 2004 Athens Olympics. With this, he became the first Indian shooter to win the Olympic medal. Rathore scored 135 (46,43,46) in the qualifying round to finish fifth. But in the final, he raised his level and won the silver medal with a score of 50 to 44 targets and a total of 179. Ahmed Al Makhtum of the United Arab Emirates scored 144 in the qualifying round and scored 45 in the final to score a total score 189 to win the gold medal. This was India’s fourth individual medal and first individual silver medal in Olympic history. Earlier, wrestler Khashaba Jadhav won bronze in 1952, tennis player Leander Paes won bronze at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and weightbreak Karnam Malleshwari won bronze medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Prize and honor
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore was awarded the ‘Arjuna Award’ in September 2004. Rathore, who came on stage to receive the award from the President, was welcomed with the most applause, which was the acceptance of his new national hero. The award was for Rathore’s achievements of the year 2003. When Rathore was asked his response to the receiving of this award, he said, “I don’t think the players are encouraged by the Arjuna Award. The real inspiration is found in the field. There should be help and when the player is big, he should be given ahead Encouragement should also be found, as it is with cricket and it should also be with other sports. ” He said that “taking awards from the President for any player is the greatest honor in itself. When I went on stage and applause, Ashok Hall echoed. My biggest honor was to join hands with the President. This award was your achievements. Recognizes[1] In the year 2005, Hero Honda Spice Academy nominated Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore as the best player of the 2004 shooting.
He was awarded the ‘Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award’ in the year 2005. The award was presented to him by President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. At the 18th Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore was considered a gold medal contender in the payers event, but he missed his goal and had to be content with the silver medal by staying second. In May 2006, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore achieved great success by winning a gold medal in Cairo’s ISSF World Cup. Also qualified for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. In the year 2006, Rathore won a gold medal in the Cairo World Cup, which is no less than a major achievement. In December 2006, the Doha Asiad won a bronze medal in the Uval Trap Competition and won the silver medal in the men’s double trap team competition with Vikram Bhatnagar and Ranjan Sodhi.
Achievements
The following are the major achievements of Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
In the 2002 Commonwealth Games, he received two gold medals in Manchester (Igland). ISSF Got a bronze medal in 2003 at the World Shatgan Cup, Delhi. In 2003, Nicosy won a bronze medal at the World Shooting Championships at Nickesis. Won gold medal at the Sydney World Cup in 2004. In 2004 itself, he won a gold medal in the Czech Masters Cup (Czech Republic). On August 17, 2004, he received a silver medal in Athens Olympics, Greece. On winning his silver medal, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje had announced a cash reward of Rs 11 lakh to Major Rathore and a flat worth Rs eight and a half lakh of the housing board. Gold medal at the Asian Clay Vision Competition, Bangkok (Thailand).