Prithviraj Tondaiman
{{Short description|Indian sport shooter}}
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{{MedalSport|Men's shooting}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2012 Patiala|Trap team}}
{{MedalGold|2023 Changwon|Mixed trap team}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Abu Dhabi|Trap team}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Doha|Trap team}}
{{MedalSilver|2023 Changwon|Trap team}}
{{MedalBronze|2015 Kuwait City|Trap team}}
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Prithviraj Tondaiman (born 6 June 1987) is an Indian sport shooter from Tamil Nadu. He competes in the trap discipline. He is part of the Indian shooting team at the 2022 Asian Games, Hangzhou, China.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-24 |title=Indian shooters at Asian Games: Events, key dates, format and rules |url=https://www.espn.in/espn/story/_/id/38465705/indian-shooters-asian-games-hangzhou-2022-events-key-dates-format-rules-top-medal-contenders |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=ESPN |language=en |archive-date=2023-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928075353/https://www.espn.in/espn/story/_/id/38465705/indian-shooters-asian-games-hangzhou-2022-events-key-dates-format-rules-top-medal-contenders |url-status=live }}
Early life and education
Tondaiman is from Pukukkottai, Tamil Nadu. His father Rajagopala Tondaiman is also a shooter and comes from a lineage of Maharaja of Pudukkottai.{{Cite web |last=S |first=Gomesh |date=2024-07-21 |title=Tamil Nadu shooter Prithviraj set for Olympic debut |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/other/2024/Jul/21/tamil-nadu-shooter-prithviraj-set-for-olympic-debut |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}} He completed his MBA at SRM Institute of Technology and Science, Vadapalani campus, in 2012.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-20 |title=SRMIST Alumni Mr. Prithviraj Tondaiman Shines as World Champion! - SRMIST |url=https://www.srmist.edu.in/srmist-alumni-mr-prithviraj-tondaiman-shines-as-world-champion/ |access-date=2025-02-16 |language=en-US}}
Career
In July 2023, he won the bronze medal in the men's trap event at the ISSF World Cup Shotgun in Lonato, Italy. He is the only Indian to ever get a medal at this event.{{Cite web |author=Scroll Staff |date=2023-07-17 |title=Shooting World Cup: Prithviraj Tondaiman wins bronze in men's trap event in Lonato |url=https://scroll.in/field/1052737/shooting-world-cup-prithviraj-tondaiman-wins-bronze-in-men-s-trap-event-in-lonato |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928050935/https://scroll.in/field/1052737/shooting-world-cup-prithviraj-tondaiman-wins-bronze-in-men-s-trap-event-in-lonato |url-status=live }} Earlier, in March 2023, he also won a bronze at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup at Doha.{{Cite news |date=2023-03-11 |title=Prithviraj Tondaiman wins maiden individual World Cup medal |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/prithviraj-tondaiman-wins-maiden-individual-world-cup-medal/articleshow/98570555.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-09-28 |issn=0971-8257}}
References
External links
- {{ISSF|SHINDM0606198701}}
- {{Olympics.com|prithviraj-tondaiman}}
- [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/prithviraj-tondaiman_1538078 Prithviraj Tondaiman] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- {{2022 Asian Games profile|shooting/athlete-profile-n2001583-tondaiman-prithviraj}}
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Category:Indian male sport shooters
Category:Shooters at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic shooters for India
Category:Shooters at the 2022 Asian Games
Category:Asian Games medalists in shooting