Prakash Nanjappa (born 29 February 1976), also known as P N Prakash (Papanna Nanjappa Prakash), is an Indian shooter who competes in the 10 metre air pistol and 50 metre pistol events. He was the only Indian to win a medal in the 2013 ISSF World Cup, when he won bronze with a very minor difference between the second place in 10 metre air pistol event in Changwon, South Korea.[1] In the same event, he won the silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[2]
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| Born | 29 February 1976 Bangalore, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) (2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) (2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 10 metre air pistol 50 metre pistol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editPrakash Nanjappa was born on 29 February 1976 in Bangalore to P. N. Papanna, a international-level shooter. He started shooting in 1999, though motorbike rallies was his primary interest. In 2003, he moved to Canada and worked as a software engineer till 2009, when, on his father's insistence, he quit the job and moved back to India and took up the sport again.[3]
Career
editNanjappa won a bronze medal in the 2013 ISSF World Cup in Changwon, South Korea, in the 10 metre air pistol event having scored 180.2 points in the final.[4] In the same year, he suffered from a paralytic attack in the right side of his face, during the World Cup in Granada. Following his recovery, in October 2013, Nanjappa won the silver medal in the 50 metre pistol event in the Asian air gun championship in Tehran.[3]
In the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Nanjappa won the silver medal in the 10 m air pistol event, having scored 198.2 points in the final. Earlier, he had topped the qualification round by scoring 580 points.[5]
Nanjappa qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics in Men's 50 metres Pistol event, where he finished 25th in the qualification round.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Prakash Nanjappa profile". Olympic Gold Quest. Archived from the original on 6 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ "Men's 10 metre air pistol Finals". glasgow2014.com. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ a b "Shooter bounces back after Bell's palsy, wins silver". The Hindu. 27 October 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ "Prakash Nanjappa wins bronze in pistol event at World Cup". ndtv.com. 6 April 2013. Archived from the original on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ "Pistol shooter Nanjappa wins Silver in 10m Air Pistol". news.biharprabha.com. IANS. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ "Jitu Rai, Prakash Nanjappa fail to qualify for 50m Pistol Final: As it happened". The Indian Express. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
External links
edit- Prakash NANJAPPA at the International Shooting Sport Federation
- Prakash Nanjappa at Olympedia (archive)
- Prakash NANJAPPA at Olympics.com
- Prakash Nanjappa at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- PAPANNA NANJAPPA Prakash at the Incheon 2014 Asian Games (archived)
- Jitu Rai, Prakash Nanjappa fail to qualify for 50m Pistol Final: As it happened | Rio-2016-olympics News - The Indian Express
