Randhir Singh (sport shooter)
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18 October 1946 Patiala, Punjab, India |
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Raja Randhir Singh (born 18 October 1946) is a former Olympic-level trap and skeet shooter and now sports administrator. He is currently the representative for India on the International Olympic Committee along with Mrs. Nita Ambani. He is a 1979 recipient of the Arjuna Award.
He was born to Raja Bhalindra Singh, son of Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala. He was educated in Col. Brown School, Dehra Dun and earned a B.A. in History from St. Stephen's College, Delhi.He is married to Rani Uma Kumari of Sirmur.
He comes from a family of influential sporting administrators. His uncle, Test cricketer Maharaja Yadavindra Singh, played an important part in lobbying for and then organizing the first Asian Games in 1951 in Delhi. His father Raja Bhalender Singh was a member of the IOC from 1947 to 1992 and helped bring the 9th Asian Games back to New Delhi in 1982.
He made his competitive senior shooting debut as an eighteen-year-old when he was part of the winning trap shooting team at the Indian National Championships in 1964. His team defended the title the next year, and he won his first national individual title in 1967 in skeet. He went on to win multiple titles at national level in both skeet and trap shooting.
He became the first Indian shooter to win continental gold at the 1978 Asian Games in Bangkok. On home soil four years later, he won team silver at the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi.
He competed at five Olympic Games from 1968 to 1984 in Mixed Trap. He was the second Indian, after Karni Singh, to compete at five Olympics. His best Olympic performance was 17th at the 1968 Olympics, two points behind Karni Singh and four points from bronze. He also competed at four Asian Games, winning a medal of each color.
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