RONJAN SODHI gets KHEL RATNA Award!
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 4:15 pm
RONJAN SODHI gets KHEL RATNA Award!
Shooter Ronjan Sodhi was picked for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award by the selection committee.
Sodhi, currently ranked No. 1, won two silver medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and a gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games.
In 2011, he became first Indian to successfully defend a World Cup title in the double trap event.
He is the seventh shooter to receive the award, the country's highest honor for a sportsperson.
The other Indian shooters to receive the Khel Ratna are:
•Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra (2001-02)
•Anjali Bhagwat (2002-03)
•Lt Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rahore (2004-05)
•Manavjit Sandhu (2006-07)
•Gagan Narang (2010-11)
•Vijay Kumar (2011-12).
The awards will be handed out on the 29th of this month, the National Sports Day.
Cheers & Congrats
Briha
Shooter Ronjan Sodhi was picked for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award by the selection committee.
Sodhi, currently ranked No. 1, won two silver medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and a gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games.
In 2011, he became first Indian to successfully defend a World Cup title in the double trap event.
He is the seventh shooter to receive the award, the country's highest honor for a sportsperson.
The other Indian shooters to receive the Khel Ratna are:
•Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra (2001-02)
•Anjali Bhagwat (2002-03)
•Lt Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rahore (2004-05)
•Manavjit Sandhu (2006-07)
•Gagan Narang (2010-11)
•Vijay Kumar (2011-12).
The awards will be handed out on the 29th of this month, the National Sports Day.
Cheers & Congrats
Briha