CHANDELA Apurvi

Olympic Games

Year	Location	10m Air Rifle
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	34

World Championships

Year	Location	10m Air Rifle	10m Air Rifle Team X	10m Air Rifle - Team
2018	Changwon, KOR	4	7	2

Asian Games

Year	Location	10m Air Rifle	10m Air Rifle Team X
2018	Indonesia	5	3

Asian Championships

Year	Location	10m Air Rifle	10m Air Rifle Team X
2019	Doha, QAT	12	18
2019	Taoyuan, TPE	4	4
2018	Kuwait City, KUW	DNS	-

World Cup Final

Year	Location	10m Air Rifle	10m Air Rifle Team X
2019	Putian, CHN	15	2

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

Year	10m Air Rifle	10m Air Rifle Team	10m Air Rifle - Team
2021	1 x 24th, 1 x 26th	-	1 x 4th, 1 x 11th
2019	2 x 1st, 1 x 4th, 1 x 11th	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 6th	-
2018	1 x 4th, 1 x 7th, 1 x 10th	1 x 4th, 1 x 5th, 1 x 11th	-
2017	1 x 10th, 1 x 54th	-	-

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
1	2019	10m Air Rifle	Munich, GER
1	2019	10m Air Rifle	New Delhi, IND
1	2019	10m Air Rifle Team	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
2	2019	10m Air Rifle Team	Munich, GER
4	2021	Women's 10m Air Rifle - Team	New Delhi, IND
4	2019	10m Air Rifle	Beijing, CHN
4	2018	10m Air Rifle	Munich, GER
4	2018	10m Air Rifle Team	Guadalajara, MEX
5	2018	10m Air Rifle Team	Changwon, KOR
6	2019	10m Air Rifle Team	Beijing, CHN

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

Photography, spending time with family. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com, 22 May 2020)

Athlete

Sociology - University of Delhi, India

English, Hindi

Deepali Deshpande [national], IND; Oleg Mikhailov [national], UKR; Rakesh Manpat [personal], IND

Right eye, right hand (issf-sports.org, 01 Sep 2014)

Her mother Bindu Rathore played basketball at national level in India. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com, 22 May 2020)

She suffered from a ligament tear in her ankle while competing at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. Despite the injury, she was able to claim gold at the Games. (in.news.yahoo.com, 19 Feb 2018)

She took up the sport in 2008 at a shooting range in Jaipur, India. "My parents took me to a shooting range in Jaipur where I tried rifle and pistol shooting. Somehow I was more inclined towards rifle." (indianexpress.com, 17 Apr 2015; rediff.com, 10 Feb 2014)

She enjoyed the sport and was influenced by the performances of Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra, who won gold at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. "I come from a sporting background with my mother and her sisters being national basketball players. I used to enjoy playing basketball in school. But Abhinav [Bindra] happened to win the Olympic gold that year [in 2008] which prompted me to shift to shooting. My great grandfather's cousin was coach to [Indian shooter] Karni Singh. My parents also tried shotgun back in the day. In a way it runs in my blood." (timesofindia.indiatimes.com, 22 May 2020; sportskeeda.com, 21 Jun 2013)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (issf-sports.org, 23 Feb 2019)

Winning gold in the 10m air rifle at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com, 22 May 2020)

Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra. (khelnow.com, 30 May 2020)

Her family. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com, 22 May 2020)

"I wake up early [on competition days] and read a motivational book. Or I go for a long walk and listen to good music to keep myself fresh and in a good mood." (hindustantimes.com, 20 Sep 2019)

"Shooting has a lot to do with focus. You need to have nerves of steel to be stable in high-pressure situations and train your mind to steer clear of all distractions." (vervemagazine.in, 06 Jun 2017)

In 2016 she received the Arjuna Award from the Government of India. (firstpost.com, 17 Mar 2018)

She was named the Shooter of the Tournament at the 2016 Swedish Cup Grand Prix in Savsjo. (economictimes.indiatimes.com, 07 Jan 2016)