Meena Kumari (sport shooter)

Meena Kumari (born 17 July 1983) is an Indian shooter. She is from Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh.[2]

For other people named Meena Kumari, see Meena Kumari (disambiguation).

Meena Kumari
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (1983-07-17) 17 July 1983
Raghunathpura, Himachal Pradesh
Height156 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Sport
CountryIndia
SportShooting
Event(s)50m Rifle Prone Women[1]
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  India
Commonwealth Games
2010 Delhi 50 m rifle prone pairs

She along with Tejaswini Sawant won a bronze medal in at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. They secured the bronze after losing by just a margin of one point.[3]

In the Commonwealth Games 2014, Meena finished sixth with a score of 615.3 points in the women's 50-metre rifle prone finals at the Barry Buddon Shooting Centre.[4][5] She finished fourth with a score of 586 at the 2010 Asian Games held at the Aoti Range in Guangzhou.[6]

References
  1. "Glasgow 2014 - Meena Kumari Profile".
  2. "Tejaswini, Kumari bag bronze in 50m rifle prone". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  3. DelhiOctober 11, PTI New; October 11, 2010UPDATED; Ist, 2010 22:11. "Disppointing show by Indian shooters; Meema-Tejaswini miss gold". India Today. Retrieved 23 November 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. "Commonwealth Games 2014: Shooters Meena Kumari and Lajja Gauswami fail to impress". 29 July 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  5. "Shooting". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  6. "Asian Games: Shooter Tejaswini Sawant draws a blank | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. 15 November 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2018.


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