GOLD MEDALLISTS
AMIT KUMAR
Sport: Wresling
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Height: 1.57m (5’1”)
Weight: 57kg/125lbs
Date of Birth: 15TH December, 1993
Place of Birth: Nahri/Sonipat Haryana, India
Amit started wrestling in second grade at the age of seven. When he was in second grade, he defeated a seventh grade student in a wrestling match during lunch break. His teacher appreciated him and his family encouraged him to pursue his talent. He was admitted in theakharaof Hansrajji. At this time, it was just meant to be used as a recreation.
After seeing his talent, wrestling coach and formerAsianandCommonwealth GamesmedallistSatpal Singhtook him in his Delhi's wrestling training centre atChhatrasal stadium,Model Town.
Amit won the silver medal at the2013 World Wrestling Championshipsin Budapest. He reached the final in the 55kg category before losing to the IranianHassan Rahimi.
Amit won the Gold in the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow. He beat Ebikweminomo Welson of Nigeria with a thumping 6-2.
ABHINAV BINDRA
Sport: Shooting
Gender: Male
Age: 31
Height: 1.7m (5’6”)
Weight:69kg/152lbs
Date Of Birth: 28TH September, 1982
Place Of Birth: Dehradun, India
Abhinav Singh Bindra(born 28 September 1982, inDehradun) is an Indianshooterand is a World and Olympic champion in the10 m Air Rifleevent. By winning the gold in the 10m Air Rifle event at the2008 Beijing Olympic Games, he became the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games. It was also India's first gold medal since1980, when theMen's Field Hockey Teamwon the gold.He is the first and only Indian to have held both the World and Olympic titles at the same time, a feat he accomplished by capturing the Gold Medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, after having won the gold at the 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships. Abhinav won Gold Medal in2014 Commonwealth Gamesat Glasgow.
APURVI CHANDELA
Sport: Shooting
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Height: N/A
Weight: 54kg/119lbs
Date Of Birth: 04th January,1993
Place Of Birth: Jaipur Rajasthan, India
Apurvi Chandela(born 4 January 1993) is an Indianshooterwho competes in the10 metre air rifleevent. She won the gold medal in the2014 Commonwealth GamesinGlasgow.
JITU RAI
Sport: Shooting
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Height: N/A
Weight: N/A
Date Of Birth: 26TH August,1987
Place Of Birth: Lucknow, India
In 2014, at theISSF World CupinMunich, he won the silver medal medal in the10 metre air pistolevent having scored 199.4 points in the final. Following this, inMaribor,Slovenia, Rai won two medals; a silver in the 50 metre pistol event, having scored 193.9 points in the final and a gold in the 10 metre air pistol event, having scored 200.8 points in the final. In the process, he won three medals in nine days at the World Cupand also became the first Indian to have won two medals at a single world cup.Following his achievements, he was ranked number 1 in the world, in 10 metre air pistol and number 4, in 50 metre pistol, in July 2014.
At the2014 Commonwealth Games, Rai created the Games record in the qualification round of the 50 metre pistol event, having scored 562 pointsHe went on to win the gold medal in the event, scoring 194.1 points in the final, thus creating another Games record.
RAHI SARNOBAT
Sport: Shooting
Gender: Female
Age: 23
Height: 1.57m (5’1”)
Weight:75kg/165lbs
Date Of Birth: 30th October,1990
Place Of Birth: Kolhapur, India
Rahi Jeevan Sarnobatis a female athlete fromIndiawho competes in the event of25 metres pistol shooting.She won her first gold medal at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India.
She who two gold medals in2010 Commonwealth GamesinDelhi, India. She won the first gold in 25mpistolevent in pair withAnisa Sayyed. She hails fromKolhapurinMaharashtra. Rahi's inspiration is fellowMaharashtrian& 50m rifle prone world championTejaswini Sawant. She became India's first pistol shooter to win gold medal in the world cup. She won the 25m pistol event in the ISSF World cup in Changwon.In2014 Commonwealth GamesatGlasgow, she won gold in women’s 25-metre pistol.
SUKHEN DEV
Sport: Weightlifting
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Height: 1.68 m (5’6”)
Weight: 56kg/123lbs
Date Of Birth: 28th March,1989
Place Of Birth: Dullya, India
Sukhen Dey(born 28 March 1989) is anIndianWeightlifter, who won Gold medal in themen's 56 kgweight class at the2014 Commonwealth GamesatGlasgow,Scotland& previously won silver medal in2010 Commonwealth GamesatDelhi. Dey left behindMalaysia's Mohd Pisol Zulheimi with the Silver medal and Ganesh Mali with Bronze medal.
SANJITA KHUMUKCHAM
Sport: Weightlifting
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Height: 1.5 m (4’11”)
Weight: 48kg/105lbs
Date Of Birth: 02nd January,1994
Place Of Birth: Manipur, India
Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu(born 2 January 1994) is anIndianweightlifterwho won gold medalin thewomen's 48 kg weight classat the2014 Commonwealth GamesatGlasgow.She hails from the state ofManipur.
SUSHIL KUMAR
Sport: Wrestling
Gender: Male
Age: 31
Height: n/a
Weight: 74kg/163lbs
Date Of Birth: 26th May,1983
Place Of Birth: Bhaprola/Delhi, India
Sushil KumarSolanki(born 26 May 1983)is anIndianWorld Champion wrestler who won thegold medalin the 66kg freestyle competition at the FILA2010 World Wrestling Championships, aSilver medalin theMen's 66kg Freestyle Wrestlingevent at the2012 London Olympicsand abronze medalin theMen's 66kg Freestyle Wrestlingevent at the2008 Beijing Olympics, which made him the first Indian to win back to back individual Olympic medals. Sushil Kumar competed againstTatsuhiro Yonemitsuof Japan in the London Olympics finals. Kumar defeatedLeonid SpiridonovofKazakhstanin therepechage roundto win the bronze in Beijing Olympics.This was the second medal for India in wrestling, and the first sinceK D Jadhav's bronze medal at the1952 Helsinki Olympic Games.On July 2009, he received theRajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna- India's highest honour for sportspersons.On 3 October 2010, Sushil Kumar was the final baton bearer who handed theQueen's BatontoPrince Charlesin theQueen's Baton Relayfor the2010 Commonwealth GamesOpening Ceremony.
Sathish Sivalingham
Sport: Weightlifting
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Height: 1.75m(5’8”)
Weight: 76kg/167lbs
Date Of Birth: 23rd June,1992
Place Of Birth: Vellore Tamil Nadu, India
Sathish Sivalingam(born 23 June 1992) is anIndianweightlifterwho won the gold medal in themen's 77 kgweight class at the2014 Commonwealth GamesatGlasgow,Scotland.
VINESH PHOGAT
Sport: Wrestling
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Height: 1.6 m (5’2”)
Weight: 53kg/116lbs
Date Of Birth: 26th August,1994
Place OfBirth: Balaji, India
Vinesh Phogat(born 25 August 1994) is anIndianwrestler. She represented India in the women's freestyle 48kg category at the2014 Commonwealth GamesinGlasgow, and won the gold medal.She is the cousin of former wrestlerGeeta Phogat.