Malaika Goel (born 23 October 1997) is an Indian shooter. She won the silver medal in the Women's 10m Air Pistol competition at the

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. She was the youngest medallist.

Career

By the age of 20, Goel had grabbed as many as 16 international medals. She started her shooting career in 2008. In 2012, Goel won a silver medal at the senior national championships in the 10 meter Air Pistol competition. In the same year, she also won a silver at the Asian Air Gun Championships in

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in the juniors category. In its 2013 event held in

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, Goel scoring 197.7 points won the gold medal in the Youth section. In the

, she won the silver medal, having scored 197.1 points. She left behind Dorothy Ludwig of

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with Bronze medal. She also won a bronze at the Asian Championships in Kuwait in 2014. At the 59th National Shooting Championship in 2015 in New Delhi, she earned the bronze medal in the 10-metre air pistol event. Goel's coach are Mohinder Lal and Gurjeet Singh.

References

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