Sushma Rana is an Indian shooter who won a gold medal at the

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, earning 1140 points, with her partner

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. She competes in the 25-meter shooting events and has held the national record for 25-metre shooting event from 2002 to 2003. She was inspired by

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, her older brother and a shooting champion himself, to take up the sport. She is the daughter-in-law of the Union Defence Minister

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Biography

Sushma was born the daughter of

Narayan Singh Rana Narayan Singh Rana is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Rana was a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council from the Garhwal Division in Uttarakhand. He is father and first coach of an Indian shooter Jaspal Ra ...

, an old-time

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member. She has two brothers, including the shooting champion,

, who has been honoured with the

Arjuna Award The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The award is named after Arjuna, one ...

and the

Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...

References

"''Sushma Rana rewrites National mark''"
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article dated 16 December 2003
"''Sushma Rana wins gold''"
- rediff.com article dated 3 December 2005

Notes

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