Darshna Rathore (born 3 September 2001) is an Indian sport shooter. She competes in the skeet discipline. She is part of the Indian shooting team at the Asian Games, Hangzhou, China.[1][2] She was part of the Indian women's skeet team, along with Parinaaz Dhaliwal, and Ganemat Sekhon that finished fourth in the Asian Games shooting competitions.[3]

Darshna Rathore
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (2001-09-03) 3 September 2001 (age 24)
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  India
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 ChangwonMixed skeet team
Bronze medal – third place2019 DohaSkeet team

Darshana won the bronze after equalling the National record score of 120 as she qualified for the six-woman final in her first World Cup at Almaty.[4]

Early life

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Darshna hails from Rajasthan. She works with the Rajasthan Police.[5]

Career

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  • 2023: In May, she won bronze at the ISSF Astana Shotgun World Cup. In the qualifying, she made it to the six-woman final in second spot after equalling the national record of 120.[6][7][8]
  • 2023: She made her debut[9] for senior India and won her first World Cup medal winning a bronze medal at the World Cup in Almaty.[10][11][12][13][4]
  • 2023: She took part in the skeet event at the Baku World Championship.[14]
  • 2023: In June, she took part in the Junior World Cup event at Suhl, Germany.[15]
  • 2022: She represented India in the skeet team event and individual event at the Osijek World Championship.[14]
  • 2021: In November, edged out India's top-ranked women's Skeet shooter Ganemat Sekhon of Punjab 50-46 to win her maiden National title.[16]
  • 2019: She took part in the Lonato Junior World Championships women's skeet and mixed skeet events.[14][17]

References

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  1. "Indian shooters at Asian Games: Events, key dates, format and rules". ESPN. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  2. "Indian medalists named as shooter for Hangzhou Asian Games_The 19th Asian Games Hangzhou". www.hangzhou2022.cn. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  3. "Asian Games, Shooting: Led by Sift Kaur Samra's gold, India win seven medals on Wednesday". Scroll.in. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  4. 1 2 "World Cup: Ganemat wins skeet silver, Darshna third". Hindustan Times. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  5. Srinivasan, Kamesh (23 February 2022). "Darshna Rathore grounded for missing one clay bird". Sportstar. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  6. "Shooting World Cup: Ganemat, Darshna win silver, bronze". ESPN. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  7. ""Glad that I could win a medal for India…" Shooter Darshna Rathore | News - Times of India Videos". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  8. "ISSF World Cup: Indian shooters Ganemat Sekhon, Darshna Rathore create history". newsonair.gov.in. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  9. ANI (24 May 2023). "Indian skeet shooters Ganemat Sekhon, Darshna Rathore create history". www.thestatesman.com. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  10. "Asian Games 2023 Highlights: India men's hockey team clinches gold medal, seals Paris Olympics berth; Satwik/Chirag in men's doubles final". The Times of India. 6 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  11. "Shooters Ganemat Sekhon, Darshna Rathore make cut for Asian Games, World Championships". The Times of India. 25 June 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  12. "ISSF World Cup: Historic silver-bronze finish for Ganemat Sekhon and Darshna Rathore". The Times of India. 23 May 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  13. Nalwala, Ali Asgar (23 May 2013). "India's skeet shooters Ganemat Sekhon and Darshna Rathore create history". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  14. 1 2 3 "ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation - issf-sports.org". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  15. "ISSF Junior World Cup: India finish on top of medal tally but trap shooters miss out on final day". The Times of India. 8 June 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  16. PTI (24 November 2021). "Young shooter Darshna Rathore wins her maiden National Skeet title". thebridge.in. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  17. Srinivasan, Kamesh (6 July 2019). "Shotgun World Championship: Darshna misses final by a whisker". Sportstar. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
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