Jaspal Rana
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[[JASPAL RANA] http://www.jaspalrana.com]was born on 28 June 1976 in Uttarkashi District of Uttarakhand, India. He used to beIndian shooter who specialized in 25m Centre Fire Pistol category.
He grew up in Delhi, studying at the K.V. Air Force School, and at St. Stephen's and Sri Aurobindo colleges. His guru is his father, Shri Narayan Singh Rana, an ITBP official. Later on Tibor Ganazol coached him to perfection.
[Jasapal http://www.jaspalrana.com] made his national début at the age of 12, at the 31st National Shooting Championship at Ahmedabad, where he won a Silver Medal.
He shot into Standard Pistol shooting fame when he won a Gold at the 46th World Shooting Championship (Junior Section) with a world record score at Milan, Italy, in 1994.
[Jaspal Rana http://www.jaspalrana.com] has won most of his medals in the Centre Fire Pistol event, but has also won Air Pistol, Standard Pistol, Free Pistol and Rapid Fire Pistol events. He has won more than 600 Medals at the State and International levels. He won the Arjuna Award, one of the Indian government's highest awards for achievement in Sport, in 1994.
At the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, he equalled the world record in 25 m Center-Fire Pistol, with 590 points (he had made this score twice previously: 1995 in Coimbatore, and 1997 in Bangalore, in national competitions). The Indian Olympic Association sparked controversy when it announced that Rana would receive the 'Best Sportsperson' award at the Asian Games; because Korea's Tae Hwan Park was actually given the award. Rana was graceful about the goof-up. The record was beaten the next year by Mikhail Nestruev.
Rana is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Shortly after the Asian Games, Jaspal Rana indicated that he would be interested in contesting elections and campaigning for the party. The Indian media has reported he will most likely be fielded in next year's Assembly Elections from his home state of Uttarakhand.
Also known for his playboy image Jaspal Rana is very popular among girls who find his rude personality very amusing and sometimes annoying.
Jaspal Rana who is a rebel in Indian Shooting is presently at loggarheads with National Rifle Association of India and is determined to throw the present office bearers headed by Baljeet Singh Sethi, its General Secretary.
He is married to a very beautiful NIFT fashion designer Reena Rana, also a shooter, and has two children, one daughter Devanshi and one son called Yuvraj.
[edit] Major achievements
- Gold Medal in the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima
- Gold medal in Men's 25m Centre Fire Pistol (Pairs) with Samaresh Jung at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Gold Medals in 25m Standard Pistol and 25m Center Fire Pistol at the 2006 Asian Games on 7-8th Dec 2006[1]
- While winning the 25 m Center Fire Pistol event, Rana equalled the world record by aggregating 590 points.
[edit] References
- ^ Rana equals world record at Asiad, wins gold
