Palak Gulia is an Indian air pistol shooter. She mainly competes in 10 meter air pistol shooting events. He won the gold medal in the 10m air pistol event at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.
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Wiki/Biography
Palak Gulia was born on Wednesday, 9 November 2005 (age 17 years; as in 2023) in Village Nimana, Jhajjar, Haryana. His zodiac sign is Scorpio. He did his schooling at Sehwag International School in Jhajjar, Haryana and St. Xavier’s High School in Gurgaon. When Palak was studying in a school in her village, she started participating in sports competitions.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 3″
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: brown
Family
parents and siblings
His father Jogendra Gulia is a businessman. He has a younger brother and a younger sister named Jhanvi. His siblings are twins.
livelihood
While she was in school, she moved from Jhajjar to Gurgaon with her family and started taking training in pistol shooting. After this he continued his training at Faridabad Shooting Range under the guidance of his coach Rakesh Singh.
Palak Gulia and her coach
After a few years of training, he started participating in air pistol shooting competitions at national and international levels. Some of such competitions are ISSF Rifle/Pistol World Shooting Championship, ISSF World Cup Championship, IJC ISSF Junior Cup Championship, Khelo India Youth Games and Asian Games. She was ranked 11th in the 10 meter air pistol women by the International Shooting Sport Federation in 2023. He has participated in competitions like APW, APMT, APMIX and APTEAMW.
medal
Sleep
- 2022: Air Pistol Team Women Junior at ISSF Junior Cup in Suhal
- 2022: 10m Air Pistol Women’s Junior at ISSF Junior Cup in Suhal
- 2023: 10 meter air pistol event at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China
Palak Gulia with her medal at the Asian Games
silver
- 2022: 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Junior at ISSF Junior Cup in Suhal
- 2022: Air Pistol Team Women at the World Cup in Changwon
A picture of Palak Gulia with the World Cup medals
- 2022: Air Pistol Team Women at the World Championships in Cairo
Brass
- 2022: 10m air pistol mixed team at the World Cup in Changwon
Facts/General Knowledge
- In an interview, her father shared that she had to move from Jhajjar to Gurgaon because the people of her village were not very supportive of Palak participating in sports.
- He suffered a shoulder injury at the 2022 National Shooting Championship in Bhopal.
- His training is supported by Reliance Foundation.
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Source: vcmp.edu.vn