RAJPUT Sanjeev

Date of Birth: 5 Jan 1981

Age: 40

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.79/5'10''

Place of birth: JAGADHRI

Birth Country:

India

Place of residence : FARIDABAD

Residence Country:

India

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Shooting	50m Rifle 3 Positions Men	32

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Asaka Shooting Range - 50m Range	50m Rifle 3 Positions Men's Qualification	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	50m Rifle 3 Positions	50m Rifle Prone
2012	London, GBR	26	-
2008	Beijing, CHN	26	26

World Championships

Year	Location	10m Air Rifle	50m Rifle 3 Positions	50m Rifle Prone
2018	Changwon, KOR	-	58	48
2014	Granada, ESP	20	28	-
2010	Munich, GER	-	66	-
2006	Zagreb, CRO	37	60	-

Asian Games

Year	Location	50m Rifle 3 Positions
2018	Indonesia	2

European Championships

Year	Location	50m Rifle 3 Positions - Team X
2021	Osijek, CRO	32

Asian Championships

Year	Location	50m Rifle Prone
2019	Doha, QAT	10

European Championships

Year	Location	50m Rifle 3 Positions - Team X
2021	Osijek, CRO	32

World Cup Final

Year	Location	50m Rifle 3 Positions	10m Air Rifle Team X
2019	Putian, CHN	9	17
2016	Bologna, ITA	10	-

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	50m Rifle 3 Positions	50m Rifle Prone	50m Rifle 3 Positions - Team
2021	1 x 6th, 1 x 17th	-	1 x 1st, 1 x 5th
2019	1 x 2nd, 1 x 25th, 1 x 58th	-	-
2018	1 x 4th, 1 x 8th, 1 x 16th	-	-
2017	1 x 5th, 1 x 45th, 1 x 69th	1 x 11th, 1 x 65th	-

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
1	2021	50m Rifle 3 Positions - Team	New Delhi, IND
2	2019	50m Rifle 3 Positions	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
4	2018	50m Rifle 3 Positions	Guadalajara, MEX
5	2021	50m Rifle 3 Positions - Team	Osijek, CRO
5	2017	50m Rifle 3 Positions	New Delhi, IND
6	2021	50m Rifle 3 Positions	New Delhi, IND
8	2018	50m Rifle 3 Positions	Changwon, KOR
11	2017	50m Rifle Prone	Qabala, AZE
16	2018	50m Rifle 3 Positions	Munich, GER
17	2021	50m Rifle 3 Positions	Osijek, CRO

Legend
X - Mixed, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Reading. (gc2018.com, 04 Nov 2017)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Oleg Mikhailov [national], UKR

Right eye, right hand (gc2018.com, 01 Jan 2018)

He was bitten by a rat in the lead-up to the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The injury resulted in him missing selection for the Indian team. (reuters.com, 03 Sep 2010)

He began shooting three years after joining the Indian Navy. He had signed up at age 18. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com, 03 Feb 2016; tribuneindia.com, 05 Apr 2006)

He took up the sport through the Indian Navy. "At that time, I didn't have any special affinity for shooting. But it was part of our routine to shoot 7.62mm fullbore ammunition, and at the age of 18, it was something. There are no shooting ranges on ships, so we fixed a target on the quarterdeck with long sticks and hooks and took aim. The ship lurched, the target swayed and standing on the unstable deck with those heavy assault rifles, we took aim. That experience aroused my interest in shooting. I liked that feeling." (hindustantimes.com, 30 Aug 2019; tribuneindia.com, 05 Apr 2006)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (gc2018.com, 04 Nov 2017)

Winning the 50m rifle three positions competition at the 2011 World Cup event in Changwon, Republic of Korea. (gc2018.com, 04 Nov 2017)

Swiss tennis player Roger Federer. (olympicgoldquest.in, 22 Jan 2012)

His first coach Felix Thomas, and his parents. (gc2018.com, 04 Nov 2017)

In 2010 he was presented with the Arjuna Award by the government of India. He also received the 2009/10 Services Best Sportsman Award from the government. (thehindu.com, 06 Sep 2010; pib.nic.in, 14 Sep 2010)

General Interest

General
RIO MISS
Despite securing a quota place for India ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games, he was not selected for the team that went to Rio de Janeiro. "I was so heartbroken, dejected and didn't know what to do. My dreams all came crashing down in that moment because even until the last day before the Olympic contingent left India, I was hoping against hope that I would get a call and take part in the Games. But it was not to be." (tokyo2020.org, 06 Oct 2020)

PREVIOUS OCCUPATION
He joined the Indian Navy at age 18 and left the service in 2014. "I belong to a very poor family, so the sooner I got a job, the better; that was foremost on my mind. I was going to take admission in graduation and pursue a bachelor's degree, but a fixed source of income was more important for me." (hindustantimes.com, 30 Aug 2019; news18.com, 03 Feb 2016)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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