Ronjan Singh Sodhi - Sikhs The Supreme

ACE Double Trap Shooter Ronjan Singh Sodhi pipped China's Hu Binyuan in a tie-breaker and successfully defended his World Cup final title in Oct 2011 to clinch the gold medal at world cup finals in UAE, a competition reserved for the world's top 10 shooters. Thus he made the history and became the FIRST EVER INDIAN shooter to win a GOLD for the second consecutive term in such a prestigious event.

Asian Games gold medallist Mr. Sodhi, in Aug. 2011, grabbed the top spot in world rankings by earning 1600 points in Double Trap shooting leaving England's William Victor at the 2nd place in World competition held at Slovonia. In the words of Ronjan, “It is a great feeling to be ranked No.1. It was one of my dreams to be at the top of the ISSF ranking.” Earlier at Double Trap competition in world cup shooting held in Lonato (Italy) Mr. Sodhi made India proud by winning gold and in 2008 at Billgrade he had also won GOLD by scoring 194 pts. Now he is looking forward to win GOLD in London Olympics. He had won two silver medals at the 2010 Common Wealth Games and a gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games. He was given Arjuna Award in 2009 and CNN-IBN Indian of the year. In Aug. 2013 he was conferred prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Rattan award by President Pranab Mukherjee.

His some earlier and other achievements are Silver in 2006 Doha Asian Games; Bronze in 2007 World Cup, Santo Domingo; Silver in 2009 World Cup, Minsk; Gold in 2010 World Cup, London; Gold in 2010 World Cup Finals, Turkey.

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