Elavenil Valarivan (Tamil pronunciation: [ɪɭəʋeːnɪl̪ ʋɑːl̪əɾɪʋən]) is an Indian sport shooter from Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. Elavenil represented India at the 2018 ISSF Junior World Cup and won a gold medal. She clinched silver in 2019 World University Games, after which she won gold at the 2019 World Junior World Cup.[2][3][4] She has won first at 2019 ISSF 10-meter Air Rifle world cup on 28 August scoring 251.7 in Rio de Jenerio. She is also Arjuna Awardee (2022).
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Nickname | Ela[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 2 August 1999 Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, India | (age 25)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Global Mission International School, Ahmedabad. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 164 cm (5.38 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 10 m air rifle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Elavenil finished fourth in the finals at the ISSF World Cup in Munich, Shooting World Cup 2019 with a score of 208.3.[5] At the 10m air rifle Asian Air Gun Championships in Taoyuan, Taipei, she clinched her first individual gold medal in the senior category with a score of 250.5. She also won two junior World Cup gold and a silver at juniors’ 2018 World Championships.[6]
International competition
editOlympics
editYear | Championships | Venue | Event | Rank | Score |
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2024 | 2024 Olympics | Paris | Mixed 10 metre air rifle team | 12th | Score:626.3 |
Junior World Cup
edit- 10 Meter Air Rifle
Year | Championships | Venue | Event | Rank | Score |
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2019 | ISSF Junior World Cup | Suhl | 10m air rifle women | Score:627.5,Final:251.6 | |
2018 | Junior World Cup | Suhl | 10m air rifle women | Score:630.5,Final:251.7 | |
Sydney | 10-meter air rifle women | Score:631.4,Final:249.8 |
World Championship
editYear | Championships | Venue | Event | Rank | Score |
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2018 | World Junior Shooting Championship | Changwon | 10m air rifle women | Score:631.0,Final:249.8 | |
Changwon | Mixed team 10m air rifle women | 13th | Score:829.5 |
Junior World Cup
edit- 10 Meter Air Rifle
Year | Championships | Venue | Event | Rank | Score |
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2019 | ISSF Junior World Cup | Suhl | 10m air rifle women | Score:627.5,Final:251.6 | |
2018 | Junior World Cup | Suhl | 10m air rifle women | Score:630.5,Final:251.7 | |
Sydney | 10-meter air rifle women | Score:631.4,Final:249.8 |
- Mixed Team
Year | Championships | Venue | Event | Rank | Score |
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2018 | ISSF Junior World Cup | Suhl | Mixed team 10m rifle air | Score:836.2,Final:498.6 | |
Sydney | Mixed team 10m rifle air | 4th | Score:832.2,Final:389.1 |
World Cup
edit- 10 Meter Air Rifle
Year | Championships | Venue | Event | Rank | Score |
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2019 | ISSF World Cup | Putian | 10m air rifle women | 1st | Score:631.1,Final:250.8 |
ISSF World Cup | Rio de Janeiro | 10m air rifle women | 1st | score:629.4,Final:251.7 | |
Munich | 10m air rifle women | 4th | Score:632.7,Final:208.5 | ||
Beijing | 10m air rifle women | 17th | Score:626.9 | ||
New Delhi | 10m air rifle women | 30th | Score:625.3 |
Awards
edit- Ficci India Sports Award 2020.[7]
- Arjuna Award - 2022
Personal life
editReferences
edit- ^ "Golden eye | Elavenil Valarivan". India Today. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Elavenil Valarivan shoots gold with Jr world record". The Times of India. 23 March 2018. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ^ "India's Elavenil Valarivan wins gold in ISSF Junior World Cup". The Times of India. 22 March 2018. Archived from the original on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ^ "It feels amazing to break the world record: Elavenil Valarivan". The Times of India. 25 March 2018. Archived from the original on 26 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ^ Scroll Staff (26 May 2019). "Shooting: Apurvi Chandela wins 10m air rifle gold in ISSF World Cup in Munich". Scroll.in. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ "Shooter Elavenil Valarivan makes transition to seniors, wins gold – Times of India". The Times of India. 31 March 2019. Archived from the original on 18 September 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ "Bajrang Punia, Elavenil Valarivan bag top honours at FICCI India Sports Awards". The Hindu. 9 December 2020. Archived from the original on 27 June 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ Shastri, Parth; Cherian, Sabu (3 July 2021). "Girl power from Gujarat in Tokyo-bound India contingent". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.