Ramita Jindal is an Indian sport shooter. She finished in the 7th place in women’s 10 metre air rifle final, in 2024 Summer Olympics held at Paris. In 2022 Asian Games, she won a silver medal in the women’s 10 metre air rifle team event and also a bronze at women’s 10 metre air rifle event. She is known for being the first Indian medalist at 2023 Asian Games in the 10 metre air rifle women event. Let’s know more about Ms. Ramita Ji…
Family
Ramita is from a Haryanvi family. Her father, Arvind Jindal is an advocate and income tax advisor. Her mother, Sonika Jindal is the homemaker. She has a younger brother named Pranav Jindal, who is also a sports shooter, just like her sister. He is following the footsteps of her sister. That must inspiring for him, know?
Education & Qualification
Ramita has done her schooling from Aggarsain Public School, Kurukshetra, Haryana. She took commerce and completed her graduation from the Hansraj College, Delhi University with a degree of Bachelor of Commerce. Impressive, know?!
Career
In the Indian Olympic selection trials in 2024, she scored 636.4 points, which is 0.1 point more than the world record. Ramita Jindal finishes seventh with a score of 145.3 in women’s 10m air rifle at Paris Olympics 2024. She had become the second Indian to advance to the final, after Manu Bhaker.
Jindal has two Junior World Championships golds from Cairo 2022 and also a bronze medal from the Junior World Championships in Lima, in 2021. She’s an achiever since the junior level…That’s really interesting, know?!
In 2022 ISSF World Cup, she won a gold medal in the 10 metre air rifle women team event at Baku 2022 World Cup. In the same year, she also won a silver medal in the 10 metre air rifle women team event at the World Cup in Changwon. Yes, at the senior level. Isn’t this amazing?!
| Full Name | Ramita Jindal |
| Profession | Sports Shooter |
| Date Of Birth | 16 January, 2004 |
| Birth Place | Ladwa, Haryana |
| Age | 20 years (as of 2024) |
| Nationality | Indian |
Interesting Facts
!! At the age of 13 years, ramita began her journey of sports shooting. She used to go the local coaching, Karan Shooting Academy in Ladwa, Haryana. She was only in 8th class at that time..
!! In 2019, she won a bronze medal in the CBSE National Championship, held at SS International School, Kunjpura Road, Karnal.
!! Ramita Jindal was inspired by the Indian women shooters Elavenil Valarivan and Anjum Moudgil and got to know about Abhinav Bindra, Indian shooter.