Abhinav Bindra will forever hold a place in sporting history as India's first individual gold medallist in the Olympics.
The gold medal in the men's 10m air rifle in Beijing 2008 was the crowning glory in Abhinav Bindra's leading sporting profession, which comprises a World Championship gold and many medals at the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games.
Born on 28 September 1982 in Dehradun, the near future Olympic champion began his sporting journey after taking inspiration from the shooters he saw on tv.
Success came his way. The Indian shooter went into the 1998 Commonwealth Games as a 15-year-old and traveled to the Sydney Olympics in 2000 as the youngest Indian participant.
It was a breakthrough as he won six gold medals at different events and won bronze at the World Cup, setting a then-junior album rating.
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