Resume of Bindra

Profile: Abhinav Bindra

Age: 25 (Date of birth: September 28, 1982)

Place of birth : Dehradun, India

Winner: 10m air rifle Career

achievements:

Gold medallist, 2006 World Championships, 10m Air Rifle

Fourth place, 2005 Asian Championships, 10m Air Rifle

Previous Olympic result:

Seventh place, 2004 Olympics, 10m Air Rifle Bindra got into shooting at the age of 15 because he liked the idea of being into fame. He has been following a rigorous training session that include seven hours of shooting and two hours of stretching and jogging every day. A gold medallist at the Manchester Commonwealth Games, Bindra became the first Indian to clinch an Olympic berth for Athens 2004 with a bronze medal at the Munich world Championships. He did break the Olympic record in Athens but that was not enough to win a medal as his peers did even better. Bindra, also a Khel Ratna and Arjuna awardee, bravely fought a career-threatening back injury, which forced him out of the Doha Asian Games. He booked his Beijing berth by winning the 2006 World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia - a first by an Indian.
source:Times of India