All you need to know about Gagan Narang...

31 July,2012 08:45 AM IST |   |  A Correspondent

All you need to know about Gagan Narang...


Weapon used: Walther LG 300

Role model: Boxer Muhammad Ali

Favourite sportspersons: Roger Federer & Michael Schumacher

Sports he loves to watch: Cricket and tennis

Favourite movie: In Pursuit of Happiness (2006)

Favourite song: White Flag by Dido

Favourite movie stars: Nicole Kidman and Penelope Cruz

Favourite cuisine: Chinese

Employed with: Air India as an assistant manager (Commercial)

Gagan's achievements
>> Won gold at the 2003 Afro Asian Games (Hyderabad) in the men's 10m air rifle competition. The quadrennial event is yet to be held since then.

>> Won four gold medals each at the 2006 Commonwealth Games (Melbourne) and the 2010 CWG (New Delhi).

>> Won an air rifle gold medal at the World Cup 2006 on the same day Barrack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States of America.

>> Won gold in the men's 10 metre air rifle event in 2008 ISSF World Cup Final with a world record score. Gagan shot a perfect 600 in the qualificationu00a0round and scored 103.5 in the final round making total score of 703.5 to gain the world record.

>> Was conferred with the Padmashree award in 2010 and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2011.

>> Became India's first medallist at the 2012 Olympics with a bronze in the men's 10m air rifle event in London.

>> This was his third Olympics appearance after 2004 Athens (finished 12th) and 2008 Beijing (finished 9th).

Personal Best
10m Air Rifle: 600/600
50m Rifle Prone: 597/600
50m Rifle 3 Position: 1174/1200u00a0

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