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Indian sport shooter
Darshna Rathore
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  India
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Changwon Mixed skeet team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Doha Skeet team

Darshna Rathore (born 3 September 2001)  is an Indian sport shooter. She competes in the skeet discipline. She is part of the Indian shooting team at the Asian Games, Hangzhou, China. She was part of the Indian women's skeet team, along with Parinaaz Dhaliwal, and Ganemat Sekhon that finished fourth in the Asian Games shooting competitions.

Darshana won the bronze after equalling the National record score of 120 as she qualified for the six-woman final in her first World Cup at Almaty.

Early life

Darshna hails from Rajasthan. She works with the Rajasthan Police.

Career

  • 2023: In May, she won bronze at the ISSF Astana Shotgun World Cup. In the qualifying, she made it to the six-woman final in second spot after equalling the national record of 120.
  • 2023: She made her debut for senior India and won her first World Cup medal winning a bronze medal at the World Cup in Almaty.
  • 2023: She took part in the skeet event at the Baku World Championship.
  • 2023: In June, she took part in the Junior World Cup event at Suhl, Germany.
  • 2022: She represented India in the skeet team event and individual event at the Osijek World Championship.
  • 2021: In November, edged out India's top-ranked women's Skeet shooter Ganemat Sekhon of Punjab 50-46 to win her maiden National title.
  • 2019: She took part in the Lonato Junior World Championships women's skeet and mixed skeet events.

References

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