FRANCIS Rubina

Date of Birth: 25 Jun 1999

Age: 22

Gender: Female

Sport Class: SH1

Place of birth: JABALPUR

Birth Country:

India

Place of residence : JABALPUR

Residence Country:

India

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Shooting	P2 - Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1	7

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Asaka Shooting Range - 10m Range	P2 - Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 Qualification	Finished
	Asaka Shooting Range - Final Range	P2 - Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
10	P2 - Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1	2018	Cheongju, KOR	552
20	P2 - Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1	2019	Sydney, NSW, AUS	539
Asian Para Games
11	P2 - Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1	2018	Jakarta, INA	532

Palak (Facebook profile, 17 Sep 2017)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Purnatva Academy of Sports Shooting [India]

Subhash Rana [national]

2017 for India, World Cup in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (thehitavada.com, 27 Feb 2017)

She took up the sport in 2015 at the Gun For Glory Shooting Academy in Jabalpur, India. (firstpost.com, 26 Jun 2021)

She was discovered through a talent search organised by the Gun For Glory Shooting Academy in India. "I wanted to do something else besides study in school. Gun for Glory Academy came to my school to advertise shooting and I told my father I wanted to do this. So I registered myself and I got selected. That is how the interest developed. My parents backed me and that is how I took up shooting. The journey started from there." (firstpost.com, 26 Jun 2021; gnspf.in, 07 Aug 2020)

Her parents. "We still see in our country that girls are not given as much freedom. But my parents never stopped me. They never stopped me from going to various competitions. When you are getting this kind of support, you feel validated in your choices. You feel as if you are on the right track." (thebridge.in, 19 Aug 2021; firstpost.com, 26 Jun 2021)

Philosophy:

"Sport is everything to me, my life, my career, my status, everything. Sport gave me a different perspective on things and helped me make my nation proud." (thebridge.in, 19 Aug 2021)

General Interest

Classification
SH1 (IPC, 23 Aug 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (firstpost.com, 26 Jun 2021)

Impairment Details
She was born with an impairment to her leg. (firstpost.com, 26 Jun 2021)

General
COVID REBOUND
In May 2021 she was one of a number of Indian Para shooters to contract COVID-19 while at a training camp in the country. She was unable to train for more than a month, until days before the World Cup event in Lima, Peru, where she won gold in the women's SH1 10m air pistol and secured a quota place for India for the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. "It affected our training. It was also mentally exhausting. At that time I felt my chances were much less, there was a lot of negativity. But when you have a strong base, you can overcome anything like that. We got to train for just five days in Peru. Even till the end, I did not know the quota would come along with the win." (khelnow.com, 17 Jul 2021; firstpost.com, 26 Jun 2021)

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Legend

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

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