Heena Sidhu

Heena Sidhu

Personal information
Nationality	India
Ethnicity	Punjabi
Citizenship	Indian
Born	(1989-08-29) 29 August 1989 (age 27) Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Residence	Mumbai, India
Education	Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS)
Alma mater	Yadavindra Public School, Patiala Gian Sagar Medical Institute.
Occupation	Sportsman (Shooter)
Height	163 cm (5 ft 4 in) (As of April 2013[update])
Weight	50.5 kg (111 lb) (As of April 2013[update])
Spouse(s)	Ronak Pandit (m. 2013)
Sport
Rank	No.1 (7 April 2014)
Medal record ISSF World Cup Finals 2013 Germany Women’s 10m Air Pistol Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Women’s 10m Air Pistol (Team) 2010 Delhi Women’s 10m Air Pistol Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Women’s 10m Air Pistol 2014 Incheon Women’s 25m Air Pistol (Team) Polish Open Poland Women’s 10m Air Pistol Asian Shooting Championships 2015 Kuwait Women’s 10m Air Pistol 2007 Kuwait Women’s 10m Air Pistol (Maiden) Asian Air Gun Championship 2009 Doha Women’s 10m Air Pistol South Asian Championship 2009 Women’s 10m Air Pistol 2009 Women’s 10m Air Pistol (Team) ISSF World Cup 2009 Beijing Women’s 10m Air Pistol 2014 Fort Benning,USA Women’s 10m Air Pistol Munich Open 2009 Germany Women’s 10m Air Pistol 2009 Germany Women’s 10m Air Pistol (Team) South Asian Federation Shooting Championship 2008 Islamabad Women’s 10m Air Pistol 2008 Islamabad Women’s 10m Air Pistol Hungarian Open 2008 Hungary Women’s 10m Air Pistol 2008 Hungary Women’s 10m Air Pistol 2008 Hungary Women’s 10m Air Pistol 2008 Hungary Women’s 10m Air Pistol

Heena Sidhu  pronunciation  is an Indian sport shooter. She is the first Indian Pistol shooter to be Ranked World No.1 (as on 7 April 2014) by ISSF. She is also the first Indian Pistol shooter to have won a Gold medal in the 2013 ISSF World Cup Finals -Pistol in 10 metre Air Pistol event. She thus became the third Indian shooter after Anjali Bhagwat (2003) and Gagan Narang (2008) to win a Gold medal in a Rifle/Pistol World Cup Finals.

Heena Sidhu is also the first Indian shooter who has appeared on the ISSF magazine's cover page for the first time ever since the National Rifle Association of India was formed on 17 Apr 1951. Sidhu is the Finals World record holder in 10 metre air pistol event with a final score of 203.8.

Heena Sidhu completed her graduation in BDS(Bachelor of Dental Surgery) in 2013. She comes from an affluent Jat family. Her Uncle Inderjit Sidhu is a professional Gun-Smith and a Guns customizer, which was indeed a critical variable in making her take up shooting as a professional Sport. Her Father, Mr.Rajbir Sidhu has always been very supportive, being a National shooter himself, he supported her in pursuing her dream of making her country proud and taking up shooting as a profession. Along with her Father Rajbir, her younger brother Karanbir Sidhu has also represented India in the same event. Heena Sidhu got married to Ronak Pandit who himself is a pistol shooter of repute on 7 February 2013. She now lives in Goregaon Mumbai.

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