Muhammad Khalil Akhtar

{{short description|Pakistani sports shooter}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Muhammad Khalil Akhtar

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| nickname = Shooter Akhtar{{Cite web|last=Khilari|title=Khalil Akhtar's Player Profile - Khilari|url=https://www.khilari.com.pk/players/shooting/khalil-akhtar/441|access-date=|website=khilari.com.pk|language=en}}

| nationality = Pakistani

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|4|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Rajanpur, Pakistan

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| height = 165cm

| weight = 65kg

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| sport = Sports shooting

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| team = Pakistan National Shooting Team

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| highestranking = 15th

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| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's shooting}}

{{Medal|Country|{{PAK}}}}

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| Olympic Games | – | – | –

| Asian Games | – | – | -

| Commonwealth Games | – | – | –

| South Asian Games | - | 1 | -

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{{Medal|Competition|South Asian Games}}

{{Medal|Silver|2016 Guwahati and Shillong|Team 25M Rapid Fire Pistol}}

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Muhammad Khalil Akhtar (born 15 April 1984) is a Pakistani sports shooter. He competed in the men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol event at the [[2020 Summer Olympics|

2020 Summer Olympics Tokyo]], finishing 15th.{{Cite web|title=Shooting - AKHTAR Muhammad Khalil|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/shooting/athlete-profile-n1304897-akhtar-muhammad-khalil.htm|url-status=dead|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|language=en-us|access-date=21 July 2021|archive-date=21 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721090921/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/shooting/athlete-profile-n1304897-akhtar-muhammad-khalil.htm}} He was also the flag-bearer at the opening ceremony along with Mahoor Shahzad.{{Cite web|last=Reporter|first=The Newspaper's Sports|date=2021-07-20|title=Khalil, Mahoor to be Pakistan’s flag bearers in Tokyo|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1636157|access-date=2021-07-21|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}} After receiving an Olympic scholarship, he qualified at the 2019 International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup in Rio, where he finished sixth.{{Cite web|date=|title=Akhtar and Mahoor to carry Pakistan’s flag at Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1110474/akhtar-shahzad-pakistan-flag-tokyo-2020|access-date=2021-07-21|website=insidethegames.biz}} In September 2019, Akhtar rose to the 15th place in the ISSF world rankings.