1. Jaspal Rana was born on 28 June 1976 and is an Indian sport shooter and pistol coach.
22 Facts About Jaspal Rana
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Jaspal Rana contested mainly in the 25 m Centre Fire Pistol category.
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Jaspal Rana is a Commonwealth Games medalist, winning gold medals at the 1998,2002, and 2006 Commonwealth Games.
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Around 2012, Jaspal Rana started coaching several Indian sport shooters, and since 2018 he has been coaching Olympic medalist Manu Bhaker.
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Jaspal Rana has been credited for helping Bhaker win double bronze medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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Jaspal Rana was born in 1976 in a Garhwali family in Uttarakhand.
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Jaspal Rana's father Narayan Singh Rana is a 1971 war veteran who served in Indo-Tibetan Border Police and later became the first sports minister of the Uttarakhand in 2000.
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Jaspal Rana's father was interested in Shooting sports and was Jaspal's first coach.
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At the age of 12, Jaspal Rana made his first accomplishment at his national debut winning a silver at the 31st National Shooting Championship held at Ahmedabad in 1988.
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Jaspal Rana grabbed his first grand international glory at the 46th World Shooting Championship with a world record score in Milan, Italy in the year 1994.
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Jaspal Rana won gold medals at several Commonwealth Games including the 1998 Commonwealth Games - Men's Center Fire Pistol, Men's Center Fire Pistol Pairs, 2002 Commonwealth Games - Men's 25m Center Fire Pistol, and 2006 Commonwealth Games in Men's 25m Centre Fire Pistols with Samaresh Jung.
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From 1994 to 2006, Jaspal Rana won 15 medals, which included 9 gold medals, 4 silver medals, and 2 bronze medals.
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Since 2018, pistol coach Jaspal Rana has been coaching Olympic medalist Manu Bhaker, though Bhaker and Rana briefly parted ways in 2021, but re-united in 2023 to prepare for the 2024 Olympics.
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Jaspal Rana was supported by Indian Olympic Association president PT Usha and he developed a rigorous training schedule for Bhaker by replicating the routine of Olympic matches in their daily schedule.
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Bhaker has credited coach Jaspal Rana for helping her win double bronze medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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Jaspal Rana further noted that Coaching is his passion and his Dehradun coaching academy was never about making money.
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Shortly after the 2006 Asian Games, Jaspal Rana joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and contested the 2009 Lok Sabha elections from the Tehri constituency, where he was defeated by Vijay Bahuguna of the Indian National Congress.
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Jaspal Rana was announced as a star campaigner for the party in the 2012 elections and was assigned a minor role in the Harish Rawat-led government.
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Jaspal Rana continued to campaign for the party during the 2017 elections.
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Jaspal Rana's family belongs to the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand and is involved in sports and state politics.
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Jaspal Rana's father Narayan Singh Rana is a war veteran who became the first sports minister of the Uttarakhand in 2000.
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Jaspal Rana has two siblings Sushma Singh, who is the daughter-in-law of Rajnath Singh, an eminent BJP leader and Subhash Rana.