Rakesh Manpat
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| Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||||||
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7 May 1991 Bangalore | ||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Bangalore | ||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Shooting | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rakesh Manpat is an Indian shooter from Bangalore.[1] He completed his education from Jain University where he was in the junior division of NCC.[2] He won 57th National Shooting Championship in the men’s free rifle prone gold category. Rakesh Manpat was ranked third behind Gagan Narang and Abhinav Bindra at the Common Wealth Games Trials 2010.[3][4]
In 2016 he won gold in the 3rd match of 39th InterShoot International Shooting Competition in The Hague, Netherlands.[5][6]
Early life and background
Rakesh was born to father Late Manpat Krishna Murthy and mother Narsimha Srinivas Vijaya in Bangalore on 7 May 1991. He completed his graduation in Bachelors in Business Administration from Jain University and pursuing post-graduation now. He began shooting in 2005 and in no time he was in the Junior Indian Team. Since 2009, he has been playing for the Senior India Team.
Awards and recognition
- 2010 – Young Achievers Award by Brigade Group.
- 2011 – Karnataka Olympic Association Award.
- 2012 – Eklavya award by Chief Minister of Karnataka.
References
- ↑ http://www.sportskeeda.com/shooting/shooting-interview-with-rakesh-manpat
- ↑ Jain University - Engineering. "Rakesh Manpat (Shooter)-Jain University - Bangalore".
- ↑ "Rakesh wins free rifle prone gold - The Hindu". Retrieved 2013-12-20.
- ↑ Indian Express. "After good show in CWG shooting trials, Manpat aims higher - Indian Express".
- ↑ Administrator. "Rakesh Manpat pips Abhinav Bindra for gold". Indian Shooting.
- ↑ "Rakesh Manpat: I just won over my own jinx".