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, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles can ...

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 cap ...

. She along with Heena Sidhu 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, ...

. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, 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 sp ...

. In South Asian games 2019, she won gold medal in Women's 25 meter pistol

Early life

She was educated at Our Lady of Fatima High School, Aligarh and Aligarh Muslim University.

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