Abhinav Bindra

{{Short description|Indian businessman and retired professional shooter (born 1982)}}

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| birth_place = Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

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Abhinav Bindra (born 28 September 1982) is an Indian former sport shooter and a businessman.{{cite web |url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/5/205955.shtml |title=Athlete Biography: Abhinav Bindra |website=Beijing2008.cn |publisher=The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318090108/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/5/205955.shtml |archive-date=18 March 2009 |access-date=}} He is an Olympic gold medalist as well as the first and one of only two Indians to win an individual Olympic gold medal.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2008/aug/11bindra.htm |title=Abhinav Bindra wins 10m air rifle gold |website=rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080812072901/http://www.rediff.com/sports/2008/aug/11bindra.htm |archive-date=12 August 2008 |access-date=11 August 2008}}{{cite web |url=http://results.beijing2008.cn./WRM/ENG/INF/GL/92A/IND_T.shtml |title=Medalists – India |website=Beijing2008.cn |publisher=The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080814015609/http://results.beijing2008.cn./WRM/ENG/INF/GL/92A/IND_T.shtml |archive-date=14 August 2008 |access-date=}} Bindra is also the first Indian to have held concurrently the World and Olympic titles for the men's 10-meter air rifle event, having earned those honors at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2006 World Championships. Bindra has won seven medals at the Commonwealth Games and three medals at the Asian Games.

With more than 150 medals in his 22-year career, he is the recipient of the Padma Bhushan from the Government of India{{Cite web |date=25 January 2009 |title=Bindra gets Padma Bhushan; Padma Shri for Dhoni, Bhajji, Advani |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/Bindra-gets-Padma-Bhushan-Padma-Shri-for-Dhoni-Bhajji-Advani/articleshow/4031082.cms |access-date=14 July 2020 |website=The Times of India |language=en}} and is one of the top influencers of sport policy in the country.{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/abhinav-bindra-awarded-olympic-order |title='Privilege to pursue my dream,' says Abhinav Bindra as he receives prestigious Olympic Order}}

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Bindra finished fourth in the finals of the 10-meter air rifle event. He also served as a goodwill ambassador for the Rio 2016 Olympics Indian contingent, having been appointed to that post by the Indian Olympics Association (IOA). On 5 September 2016, he announced his retirement.{{Cite web |url=https://sportscafe.in/articles/shooting/2016/sep/05/a-legend-rides-into-the-sunset-olympian-abhinav-bindra-retires |title=A legend rides into the sunset – Olympian Abhinav Bindra retires |website=sportscafe.in |date=5 September 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921101428/https://sportscafe.in/articles/shooting/2016/sep/05/a-legend-rides-into-the-sunset-olympian-abhinav-bindra-retires |archive-date=21 September 2016 |access-date=6 September 2016}} Bindra's primary outreach to Indian sports is through the Abhinav Bindra Foundation, a non-profit organization that works to integrate sports, science, and technology into Indian sports and encourage high-performance physical training.{{cite web |url=https://www.abft.in/ |title=ABFT}}

In 2018, Abhinav was bestowed with the prestigious Blue Cross, the ISSF's highest honor.{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/raninder-and-bindra-get-awards/article25636930.ece |title=Raninder and Bindra get awards |work=The Hindu |date=30 November 2018 |access-date=30 November 2018}}{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/abhinav-bindra-becomes-first-indian-to-get-highest-shooting-honour-the-blue-cross/articleshow/66882574.cms |title=Abhinav Bindra becomes first Indian to get highest shooting |website=The Times of India |date=30 November 2018 |publisher=TOI |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181201111516/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/abhinav-bindra-becomes-first-indian-to-get-highest-shooting-honour-the-blue-cross/articleshow/66882574.cms |archive-date=1 December 2018 |access-date=30 November 2018}} He is also currently a member of the IOC Athletes' Commission.{{Cite web |date=3 September 2021 |title=Athletes' Commission |url=https://olympics.com/ioc/athletes-commission |access-date=6 November 2021 |website=Olympics.com |publisher=International Olympic Committee |language=en}} Bindra carried the Olympic torch at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/abhinav-bindra-selected-as-torchbearer-for-the-2024-paris-olympics/articleshow/107334273.cms |title=Abhinav Bindra selected as torchbearer for the 2024 Paris Olympics |newspaper=The Times of India |date=2 February 2024}}

Career

=Early years=

Bindra was born in Dehradun in Uttarakhand, to a Punjabi Sikh Khatri family.{{cite web |url=http://news.oneindia.in/feature/2010/will-abhinav-again-hits-the-bulls-eye.html |title=Will Abhinav again hit the bulls eye at CWG? |website=oneindia.in |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204212014/http://news.oneindia.in/feature/2010/will-abhinav-again-hits-the-bulls-eye.html |archive-date=4 February 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/cricket/article/games-talk-abhinav-bindra-cs00lh896qp |title=Games Talk: Abhinav Bindra |website=The Times |date=21 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311000000/https://www.thetimes.com/sport/cricket/article/games-talk-abhinav-bindra-cs00lh896qp |archive-date=11 March 2024}} [https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/games-talk-abhinav-bindra-cs00lh896q Alt URL] He was educated at the Doon School in Dehradun and at St. Stephen's School in Chandigarh.{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/world_olympic_dreams/9451296.stm |title=Schools Spotlight on Team Abhinav Bindra |website=news.bbc.co.uk |date=8 April 2011}} He studied business administration at the University of Colorado Boulder. Determined to train with the best possible facilities, which were then not available in India, he would train for prolonged periods in Germany,{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?sectionName=&id=7676cbeb-1b06-4430-9352-3552023cb148&MatchID1=4737&TeamID1=8&TeamID2=6&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1194&MatchID2=4728&TeamID3=2&TeamID4=3&MatchType2=1&SeriesID2=1191&PrimaryID=4737&Headline=Abhinav%27s+parents+feeling+on+top+of+the+world&strParent=strParentID |title=Abhinav Bindra's parents feeling on top of the world |date=11 August 2008 |work=Hindustan Times |location=India |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828222105/http://www.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?sectionName=&id=7676cbeb-1b06-4430-9352-3552023cb148&MatchID1=4737&TeamID1=8&TeamID2=6&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1194&MatchID2=4728&TeamID3=2&TeamID4=3&MatchType2=1&SeriesID2=1191&PrimaryID=4737&Headline=Abhinav%27s+parents+feeling+on+top+of+the+world&strParent=strParentID |archive-date=28 August 2008 |access-date=14 August 2008}} where he was coached by Gaby Buhlmann.

=Notable international performances=

At the age of 15, Bindra was the youngest participant in the 1998 Commonwealth Games. He was also the youngest Indian participant at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. At the 2000 Olympics, he achieved a score of 590, placing him 11th in the qualification round. With that score, he was not able to qualify for the finals. He was also honored with the Arjuna Award that year.{{cite web |url=https://www.issf-sports.org/news/4385 |title=Shooting Sport at the Olympics: Bindra earns first individual Olympic gold for India four years after Athens 2004 heartbreak}}

In international competitions, he won his first medal, a bronze, at the 2001 Munich World Cup with a new junior world record score of 597/600. He won six gold medals at various international meets that year and received the prestigious Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award, India's highest sports award. In the air rifle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, he finished with gold in the pairs event and silver in the individual event.{{cite web |url=https://www.issf-sports.org/news/4385 |title=Shooting Sport at the Olympics: Bindra earns first individual Olympic gold for India four years after Athens 2004 heartbreak}}

In the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, he broke the previous Olympic record but did not win a medal. He scored 597 in the qualification round and placed third, preceded by Qinan Zhu (599, a new Olympic record) and Li Jie (598). In the finals, Abhinav finished with 97.6 points, last in the field of eight; he was the only player with less than 100 points and dropped to the seventh position.{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2004/aug/16oly-shoot.htm |title=Bindra finishes seventh |website=Rediff.com |date=16 August 2004 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080902012716/http://www.rediff.com/sports/2004/aug/16oly-shoot.htm |archive-date=2 September 2008 |access-date=11 August 2008}}

After these successes, a severe back injury incapacitated him and he was unable to lift a rifle for a year, interrupting his preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Bindra returned to compete and won the title at the 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships with a score of 699.1, qualifying him for the 2008 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2006/07/25/stories/2006072507132000.htm |title=Abhinav Bindra clinches India's first gold |work=The Hindu |location=India |date=25 July 2006 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080814001954/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2006/07/25/stories/2006072507132000.htm |archive-date=14 August 2008 |access-date=11 August 2008}}

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Bindra won the men's 10-meter air rifle event, shooting a total of 700.5.{{cite web |author1=Sharda Ugra |title=Abhinav Bindra's historic solo |url=https://www.espn.in/shooting/story/_/id/16663863/abhinav-bindra-historic-solo |website=ESPN.in |access-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160717105820/https://www.espn.in/shooting/story/_/id/16663863/abhinav-bindra-historic-solo |archive-date=17 July 2016 |language=en |date=1 July 2016 |url-status=live}} He scored 596 in the qualifying round, finishing fourth, and outscored all other shooters in the finals with a round of 104.5. In the finals, he started with a shot of 10.7, and all others never dipped below 10.0.{{Cite web |url=http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/headlines/shooting/n214528114.shtml |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080814052631/http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/headlines/shooting/n214528114.shtml |url-status=dead |title=India's Bindra wins gold in the men's 10m air rifle |website=Beijing2008.cn |publisher=The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad |archive-date=14 August 2008 |access-date=7 May 2023}} Bindra was tied with Henri Häkkinen heading into his final shot. Bindra scored his highest of the finals – 10.8 – while Hakkinen shot 9.7 to settle for the bronze medal.{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2008/aug/11bindra.htm |title=Abhinav Bindra wins 10m air rifle gold |date=11 August 2008 |publisher=Rediff |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080812072901/http://www.rediff.com/sports/2008/aug/11bindra.htm |archive-date=12 August 2008 |access-date=11 August 2008}}

At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, Bindra was honored as the national flag-bearer at the opening ceremony. He also was given the honor of taking the athletes' oath on behalf of the 6,700 participants from 71 countries and territories. Bindra, along with Gagan Narang, shot in unison to set a games record of 1,193 points in the 10-meter air rifle pairs event for men to win India's inaugural gold medal at the 19th Commonwealth Games. He brought home a silver medal in the individual event.{{Cite web |url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/abhinav-bindra-won-gold-medal-in-mens-10m-air-rifle-at-the-2014-commonwealth-games-1406356200-1 |title=Abhinav Bindra won Gold medal in Men's 10m Air Rifle at the 2014 Commonwealth Games |website=jagranjosh.com |date=26 July 2014 |access-date=2 March 2020}}

Bindra won the gold medal in the men's 10-meter air rifle event at the 12th Asian Shooting Championships, held in Doha, Qatar.{{cite web |title=Abhinav Bindra wins gold in Asian Shooting Championship |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/abhinav-bindra-wins-gold-in-asian-shooting-championship/articleshow/11476722.cms |website=The Times of India |publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co. |access-date=8 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117003853/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/abhinav-bindra-wins-gold-in-asian-shooting-championship/articleshow/11476722.cms |archive-date=17 January 2012 |language=English |date=13 January 2012 |url-status=live}} He lost in the qualification round at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, finishing in the 16th place with a score of 594. In the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Bindra again won gold in the men's 10-meter air rifle singles event.{{cite web |url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/07/abhinav-bindra-clinches-gold-in-10m-air-rifle-at-glasgow-commonwealth/ |title=Abhinav Bindra clinches Gold in 10m Air Rifle at Glasgow Commonwealth |website=news.biharprabha.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022225934/http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/07/abhinav-bindra-clinches-gold-in-10m-air-rifle-at-glasgow-commonwealth/ |archive-date=22 October 2014 |access-date=25 July 2014 |agency=Indo-Asian News Service}} At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he came fourth in the men's 10-meter air rifle singles event after losing a shoot-off for the top 3 to Serhiy Kulish, who eventually won the silver medal.{{cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/sports/rio-2016-olympics/abhinav-bindra-misses-out-on-mens-10m-air-rifle-medal-settles-for-fourth-position-2962184/ |title=Abhinav Bindra misses out on men's 10m air rifle medal, settles for fourth position |date=8 August 2016 |work=The Indian Express |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808171915/http://indianexpress.com/sports/rio-2016-olympics/abhinav-bindra-misses-out-on-mens-10m-air-rifle-medal-settles-for-fourth-position-2962184/ |archive-date=8 August 2016 |access-date=8 August 2016}}

=Business career=

Bindra has a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Colorado.{{cite news |last=Ganguly |first=Madhumita |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080812/jsp/frontpage/story_9681796.jsp |title=Abhi-nerve cures a nation's yellow fever |date=12 August 2008 |work=The Telegraph |access-date=12 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916144949/http://telegraphindia.com/1080812/jsp/frontpage/story_9681796.jsp |archive-date=16 September 2008 |location=Calcutta, India}} Bindra is the CEO of Abhinav Futuristics Private Limited, an organization that works to bring science and technology into the sport and healthcare sectors. With ABTP, a group of sports science and advanced physical medicine and rehabilitation (PMR) centers, the organization has served more than 5,000 athletes and medical patients. Under the Abhinav Bindra Foundation, a non-profit initiative, athletes are provided access to the latest sports technology and high-performance physical training for free. Many athletes from sports such as swimming, badminton, boxing, and para-athletics have benefited from the foundation's various programs. In 2020, he launched the Abhinav Bindra Sports Medicine and Research Institute at Bhubaneswar with the mission of bringing Global Best Practice to the Indian Healthcare and Sports Medicine Sector.{{Cite web |last=Clinton |first=Nevin |title=Abhinav Bindra launches sports medicine and research institute in Bhubaneswar » FirstSportz |url=https://firstsportz.com/abhinav-bindra-launches-sports-medicine-and-research-institute-in-bhubaneswar/ |access-date=4 June 2021 |website=firstsportz.com |date=30 October 2020 |language=en-US}}

Since his retirement, Bindra has been involved with the TOP Scheme, one of India's most significant policies for athlete development. He was a member of the ISSF Athlete Committee from 2010 to 2020, serving as Chair from 2014, and was appointed to the IOC Athlete Commission in 2018.{{cite web |title=Abhinav Bindra OLY joins the IOC Athletes' Commission |url=https://olympics.com/athlete365/voice/abhinav-bindra-joins-the-ioc-athletes-commission/ |website=Olympics.com |publisher=International Olympic Committee |access-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607095109/https://olympics.com/athlete365/voice/abhinav-bindra-joins-the-ioc-athletes-commission/ |archive-date=7 June 2023 |language=en |date=10 August 2018 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Bindra appointed member of IOC's elite Athletes' Commission |url=https://www.insidesport.in/abhinav-bindra-appointed-member-of-iocs-elite-athletes-commission/ |website=insidesport.in |access-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607094928/https://www.insidesport.in/abhinav-bindra-appointed-member-of-iocs-elite-athletes-commission/ |archive-date=7 June 2023 |language=en |date=9 August 2018 |url-status=live}} In these roles he has worked for the development of athletes through mental health, financial stability, and entrepreneurship initiatives. In 2017 whilst Chair of the ISSF Athletes Committee, Bindra was criticised for approving the removal of three events from the Olympic programme in what was described as an undemocratic and un-transparent manner.{{cite web |title=Bindra panel recommendations undemocratic and non-transparent, says Rajmond Debevec |url=https://www.espn.in/shooting/story/_/id/18793803/rajmond-debevec-slams-abhinav-bindra-committee-recommendations-scrap-three-olympic-shooting-events |website=ESPN.in |access-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301084247/https://www.espn.in/shooting/story/_/id/18793803/rajmond-debevec-slams-abhinav-bindra-committee-recommendations-scrap-three-olympic-shooting-events |archive-date=1 March 2017 |language=en |date=1 March 2017 |quote=Three-time Olympic medallist Rajmond Debevec has criticized the ISSF and its athletes committee headed by Abhinav Bindra, for scrapping three existing events from the 2020 Olympics, arguing that the process was non-transparent, and that gender equality could have been achieved using a more democratic decision-making process. |url-status=live}} Bindra's net worth is estimated to be around $10 million.{{cite web |url=https://www.mynation.com/webstories/india-untold/meet-india-s-1st-olympic-gold-medalist-turned-successful-entrepreneur-nti-sim4e3 |title=Meet India's 1st Olympic gold medalist turned successful entrepreneur}}

Summer Olympics

class="wikitable"
Year ! Event ! Rank ! Notes
{{Flagicon\|Australia}} 2000 Sydney \| 10 m air rifle \| align="center" \| 11 \| 590
{{Flagicon\|Greece}} 2004 Athens \| 10 m air rifle \| align="center" \| 7 \| 694.6
{{Flagicon\|China}} 2008 Beijing \| 10 m air rifle \| align="center" \| {{Gold01}} \| 700.5
{{Flagicon\|United Kingdom}} 2012 London \| 10 m air rifle \| align="center" \| 16 \| 594
{{Flagicon\|Brazil}} 2016 Rio de Janeiro \| 10 m air rifle \| align="center" \| 4 \| 625.7/163.8

class="wikitable"

Year

! Event

! Rank

! Notes

{{Flagicon|Australia}} 2000 Sydney

| 10 m air rifle

| align="center" | 11

| 590

{{Flagicon|Greece}} 2004 Athens

| 10 m air rifle

| align="center" | 7

| 694.6

{{Flagicon|China}} 2008 Beijing

| 10 m air rifle

| align="center" | {{Gold01}}

| 700.5

{{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} 2012 London

| 10 m air rifle

| align="center" | 16

| 594

{{Flagicon|Brazil}} 2016 Rio de Janeiro

| 10 m air rifle

| align="center" | 4

| 625.7/163.8

Personal life

Harper Sport published Bindra's autobiography, A Shot at History: My Obsessive Journey to Olympic Gold, which he co-authored with sportswriter Rohit Brijnath in October 2011. It was formally released by Union Sports Minister Ajay Maken on 27 October 2011, at a function in New Delhi.{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/Maken-formally-launches-Abhinav-Bindras-biography/articleshow/10511113.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411034129/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-27/shooting/30327729_1_abhinav-bindra-sports-minister-indian-sports |url-status=live |archive-date=11 April 2013 |work=The Times of India |title=Maken formally launches Abhinav Bindra's biography |date=27 October 2011}} The book received positive reviews,{{cite news |url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/sunday-edition/sundayagenda/books-reviews/21651-hitting-bulls-eye.html |title=Hitting bull's eye |date=19 November 2011 |work=Daily Pioneer |access-date=12 March 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208183023/http://dailypioneer.com/sunday-edition/sundayagenda/books-reviews/21651-hitting-bulls-eye.html |archive-date=8 February 2012}}{{cite news |last=Datta |first=Sravasti |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/a-shot-at-greatness/article2604106.ece |title=A shot at greatness |date=6 November 2011 |work=The Hindu |access-date=12 March 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502000706/http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/a-shot-at-greatness/article2604106.ece |archive-date=2 May 2014 |location=Chennai, India}} and Harshvardhan Kapoor has been cast for the lead role in a future biopic based on the memoir.{{Cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/harshvardhan-kapoor-to-play-olympic-gold-medalist-abhinav-bindra-in-his-biopic-see-photo-4830779/ |title=Harshvardhan Kapoor excited to play Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra, shares photo with sports star |website=indianexpress.com |date=6 September 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906070121/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/harshvardhan-kapoor-to-play-olympic-gold-medalist-abhinav-bindra-in-his-biopic-see-photo-4830779/ |archive-date=6 September 2017 |access-date=6 September 2017}}

File:Abhinav Bindra Coaching.png

Bindra belongs to a sikh family and a descendant of legendary warrior Hari Singh Nalwa, who was commander-in-chief of the Sikh army during Maharaja Ranjit Singh's reign.{{Cite web |date=2011-09-17 |title=Abhinav Bindra to be honorary Lt Col in Sikh Regiment |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/abhinav-bindra-to-be-honorary-lt-col-in-sikh-regiment/story-yoj35kFQ0RuW1XVA3wC0QJ.html |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}

Awards and accolades

2000 – Arjuna award{{cite web |url=https://conclave.intoday.in/story/abhinav-bindra/2689/33.html |title=Abhinav Bindra Olympic Gold Medalist}}
2002 – Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna (India's highest sports award)
2008 − Honorary doctorate (D.Litt) from SRM University{{cite web |title=Honorary Degree Conferred |url=http://www.srmuniv.ac.in/9th_convocation/honarary_degree.php |website=srmuniv.ac.in |publisher=SRM University |access-date=15 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128130234/http://www.srmuniv.ac.in/9th_convocation/honarary_degree.php |archive-date=28 January 2019 |url-status=live}}
2009 – Padma Bhushan{{Cite web |url=http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=46983 |title=Padma Awards-2009 |website=pib.nic.in |access-date=28 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211103644/http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=46983 |archive-date=11 February 2009 |url-status=live}}
2011 – Made an honorary lieutenant colonel by the Indian Territorial Army
2018 – Blue Cross, highest shooting honour by International Shooting Sport Federation
2019 – Honorary doctorate (DPhil) from Kaziranga University{{cite web |title=Mary Kom And Jadav Payeng Receive Honorary Doctorate From KU |url=https://www.northeasttoday.in/mary-kom-and-jadav-payeng-receive-honorary-doctorate-from-ku/ |website=northeasttoday.in |publisher=Northeast today |access-date=15 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115234338/https://www.northeasttoday.in/mary-kom-and-jadav-payeng-receive-honorary-doctorate-from-ku/ |archive-date=15 January 2019 |url-status=live}}
2024 – Olympic Order, highest honour by the International Olympic Committee{{cite web |url=https://issf-sports.org/news/4445 |title=Abhinav Bindra, first Indian to be conferred with Olympic Order, receives top IOC award in Paris}}

Awards for 2008 Olympic gold medal

{{INRConvert|15|m}} by Mittal Champions Trust
{{INRConvert|5|m}} cash prize from the Indian Central Government{{cite web |author=Agencies |url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Central-Govt-to-give-Abhinav-Bindra-50-lakhs/350699/ |title=Central Govt to give Abhinav Bindra 50 lakhs |publisher=Express India |date=19 August 2008 |access-date=22 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315020653/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Central-Govt-to-give-Abhinav-Bindra-50-lakhs/350699/ |archive-date=15 March 2012}}
{{INRConvert|2.5|m}} cash prize by the state government of Haryana{{Cite web |url=http://www.ibnlive.com/olympicsnews/shooting-star-prizes-pour-in-as-states-honour-bindra/70895-29.html |title=Shooting Star: Prizes pour in as states honour Bindra |website=ibnlive.com |access-date=14 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080814032940/http://www.ibnlive.com/olympicsnews/shooting-star-prizes-pour-in-as-states-honour-bindra/70895-29.html |archive-date=14 August 2008 |url-status=live}}
{{INRConvert|2.5|m}} cash prize by the Board of Control for Cricket in India{{Cite web |url=http://www.cricketnext.com/news/bcci-chief-sanctions-cash-award-for-bindra/33467-13.html |title=BCCI chief sanctions cash award for Bindra |website=cricketnext.com |access-date=14 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080813135842/http://www.cricketnext.com/news/bcci-chief-sanctions-cash-award-for-bindra/33467-13.html |archive-date=13 August 2008 |url-status=live}}
{{INRConvert|1.5|m}} cash prize by the Steel Ministry of India{{cite web |url=http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEP20080812182925&Page=P&Title=Nation&Topic=0 |title=Steel Ministry undertakings announce Rs. 15 lakh cash prize to Abhinav Bindra |website=newindpress.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822074818/http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEP20080812182925&Page=P&Title=Nation&Topic=0 |archive-date=22 August 2008}}
{{INRConvert|1.1|m}} cash prize by the state government of Bihar. The Patna Indoor Stadium will be renamed after Bindra.
{{INRConvert|1|m}} prize by the state government of Karnataka

{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200808120341.htm |title=Karnataka announces Rs 10 lakh cash award to Bindra |work=The Hindu |date=11 August 2008 |access-date=11 August 2008 |location=Chennai, India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822113337/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200808120341.htm |archive-date=22 August 2008 |url-status=live}}

{{INRConvert|1|m}} cash prize by S. Amolak Singh Gakhal, chairman, Gold's Gym{{cite web |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080812/jal.htm#1 |title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India – Jalandhar Edition |work=The Tribune |access-date=22 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102055724/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080812/jal.htm#1 |archive-date=2 November 2012 |url-status=live}}
{{INRConvert|1|m}} cash prize by the chief minister of Maharashtra state{{Cite web |url=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080061017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916220510/http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080061017 |url-status=dead |title=Deshmukh announces Rs 10 lakh cash prize to Bindra |website=ndtv.com |archive-date=16 September 2008 |access-date=7 May 2023}}
{{INRConvert|500000}} cash prize by the state government of Orissa{{Cite web |url=http://www.orissadiary.com/Shownews.asp?id=7806 |title=Abhinav's Olympic Gold brings nostalgia to Orissa CM |website=orissadiary.com |access-date=20 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080824055740/http://www.orissadiary.com/Shownews.asp?id=7806 |archive-date=24 August 2008 |url-status=dead}}
{{INRConvert|500000}} cash prize by government of Tamil Nadu{{cite web |url=http://www.chennaivision.com/enews/2008/Aug/12/TN-announces-Rs-5-lakh-for-Bindra.asp |title=TN announces Rs 5 lakh for Bindra |website=chennaivision.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917213744/http://www.chennaivision.com/enews/2008/Aug/12/TN-announces-Rs-5-lakh-for-Bindra.asp |archive-date=17 September 2008}}
{{INRConvert|100000}} cash prize by the state government of Chhattisgarh
{{INRConvert|100000}} cash prize by the state government of Madhya Pradesh
A free lifetime railway pass by the Railway Ministry of India{{Cite web |url=http://www.mynews.in/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8814 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822055210/http://www.mynews.in/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8814 |url-status=dead |title=Mittal lends a hand to India's Olympic hero |website=mynews.in |archive-date=22 August 2008 |access-date=7 May 2023}}
A gold medal by the state government of Kerala[http://www.keralanext.com/Kerala/read.asp?id=1282016] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080902205500/http://www.keralanext.com/Kerala/read.asp?id=1282016|date=2 September 2008}}

Bibliography

{{Cite book |last1=Bindra |first1=Abhinav |title=A Shot at History: My Obsessive Journey to Olympic Gold |last2=Brijnath |first2=Rohit |publisher=HarperCollins India |year=2011 |isbn=9789350291122 |author-link2=Rohit Brijnath}}