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Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, (born January 29, 1970, Jaisalmer, India), Indian rifle shot who won his nation's first individual Olympic silver medal when he placed second in the men's double-trap event at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.
Rathore attended the Indian National Defence Academy and joined the Indian army upon his alliance. Although his interest in firearms began when he had been a kid in the home of his grandfather, a military officer, it wasn't till 1998 that Rathore took up shooting seriously.
Rathore taken into prominence when he won gold medals in the men's pairs and individual double-trap events in the 2002 Commonwealth Games. He also followed his triumphant 2004 Olympics look by taking a gold (in person double trap) and a silver (in pairs dual trap) in the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Later that year Rathore headed India into a silver medal at the men's pairs double-trap event and won a bronze in the men's respective double-trap event at the Asian Games.
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