Deepali Deshpande
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| Full name | Deepali Deshpande | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  India | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 August 1969 Mumbai, India | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 10 m air rifle (AR40) 50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20) | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Laszlo Szucsak[1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Deepali Deshpande (born 3 August 1969 in Mumbai) is an Indian sport shooter.[2] She won a silver medal in rifle shooting at the 2004 Asian Shooting Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and was selected to compete for India at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing nineteenth in the rifle three positions.[1][3] Deshpande also served throughout her sporting career as a member of the Indian Shooting Federation under her coaches Laszlo Szucsak and Sunny Thomas.[1][4]
Career
Deshpande qualified for the Indian squad, along with her compatriot Anjali Bhagwat, in the women's 50 m rifle 3 positions at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by shooting a minimum qualifying score of 571 to obtain a seventh-place finish and assure an Olympic slot from the Asian Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[4] She fired 194 in the prone position and 189 each in both standing and kneeling to aggregate a total record of 572 points, ending her up in nineteenth place from a field of thirty-two prospective shooters.[5][6]
References
- ^ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "ISSF Profile – Deepali Deshpande". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Deepali Deshpande". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ^ "Suma equals world record, books Olympic berth". The Hindu. 14 February 2004. Retrieved 19 July 2015.[dead link]
- ^ 4.0 4.1 Kumar, Pradeep (13 February 2004). "Mansher, Deepali, Gagan head for Athens". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ^ "Shooting: Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ "Anjali, Deepali disappoint". The Hindu. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 19 July 2015.[dead link]
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