Anisa Sayyed

Anisa Sayyed
Medal record
Women's shooting
Commonwealth Games
2010 Delhi 25 m pistol pairs
2010 Delhi 25 m pistol
Asian Games
2014 Incheon 25 m pistol team

Anisa Sayyed is a woman shooter from India who won two gold medals in 2010 Commonwealth Games[1] held from 3–14 October 2010 in Delhi, India. She won the first gold in 25m pistol event in pair with Rahi Sarnobat . She won individual gold with a score of 776.5. Anisa has also won the gold medal in SAF games in 2006. In 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow, she won Silver in women’s 25-metre pistol event.[2]

Anisa Sayyed is supported by Anglian Medal Hunt Company

Early Life

She hails from Pune and is now settled in Faridabad in Haryana with her husband. She developed an interest in shooting when she was a NCC Cadet in her college. She was a former Indian Railways employee and was working as a Ticket Collector on the busy Mumbai-Pune railway route. She resigned from her job after being repeatedly denied transfer to her home town (Pune).

References

  1. Sayyed, Anisa (7 October 2010). "Double delight for Pune shooter Anisa Sayyed". Times of India. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  2. "Pistol shooter Rahi Sarnobat wins gold, Anisa Sayyed silver". news.biharprabha.com. IANS. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.

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