Annu Raj Singh (born 17 February 1984) is an

Indian Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...

shooter Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, Bow and arrow, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or Blowgun, blowpipe). Even the acts of launching Flamethrower, flame, artillery, Dart (missile), darts, ha ...

from

Aligarh Aligarh (; formerly known as Allygarh, and Kol) is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Aligarh district, and lies northwest of state capital Lucknow and approximately southeast of the capita ...

. She along with

Heena Sidhu Heena Sidhu (born 29 August 1989) is an Indian sport shooter. On 7 April 2014, Sidhu became the first Indian pistol shooter to reach number one in world rankings by the International Shooting Sport Federation. In 2013, Sidhu became the first In ...

won the gold medal in women's Pairs

10 metre air pistol The 10 meter air pistol is an Olympic shooting event governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF). It is similar to 10 meter air rifle in that it is shot with 4.5 mm (or .177) caliber air guns at a distance of 10 m ...

at the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, she competed in both the

and the

25 metre pistol 25 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often known as sport pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It was devised as a women's event in the 1960s, based upon the rules of 25 meter center-fire pistol but shot with a .22-caliber spo ...

. In South Asian games 2019, she won

gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...

in Women's 25 meter pistol

Early life

She was educated at

Our Lady of Fatima High School, Aligarh Our Lady of Fatima Senior Secondary School is a Catholic school in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India affiliated from the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE Board) located at Ramghat Road, Aligarh. The principal is Sr. Jyotsana. Our Lady of ...

and

Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh Muslim University (abbreviated as AMU) is a Public University, public Central University (India), central university in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as the Muhammadan Anglo-Orie ...

References

Living people Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India Indian female sport shooters Shooters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Aligarh Aligarh Muslim University alumni Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in shooting Shooters at the 2010 Asian Games Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics 1984 births Commonwealth Games medallists in shooting Sportswomen from Uttar Pradesh 21st-century Indian women 21st-century Indian people Asian Games silver medalists for India Olympic shooters of India Recipients of the Arjuna Award Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games {{India-sportshooting-bio-stub