Pemba Tamang (born 11 March 1980) is an Indian

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. He won the gold medal in the Men's

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(Pairs) with Vijay Kumar and the silver medal in the Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. The Indian trio of Pemba Tamang, Vijay Kumar and Gurpreet Singh won the silver medal in the 25m centre fire event at the 2014 Asian Games, held at Incheon,

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. The team scored a total of 1740, two behind gold medalists China.

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1980 births Living people Indian male sport shooters ISSF pistol shooters Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India Shooters at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Indian Gorkhas Asian Games medalists in shooting Shooters at the 2010 Asian Games Shooters at the 2014 Asian Games Commonwealth Games medallists in shooting Asian Games silver medalists for India Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Tamang people 21st-century Indian people Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games {{India-sportshooting-bio-stub