Mairaj Ahmad Khan

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Mairaj Ahmad Khan is a senior Indian shotgun skeet shooter.While he was in school and college, he wanted to become a cricketer. At the age of 10, with the prize money of the U-12 50-metre rifle competition, he bought a cricket bat. He has also played cricket with the famous Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag. During an interview, he talked about his love for cricket. He said,.Later, he opted for shooting as his career. In an interview, he shared how he got interested in shooting. He said,.In 1998, he started professional training in shooting. While he was practising in a shooting range in Delhi, the former national trap coach Timur Matoian noticed him. During an interview, Khan shared the incident. He said,.With his intensive training, he has won many national and international tournaments.He became the first Indian to qualify for the Shotgun Skeet Event in Lonato, Italy, in September 2015.In 2016, he won a silver medal at the 2016 ISSF World Cup Championship, and in the same year, he got the Rio Olympic quota under the shotgun skeet event.He represented India in Rio Olympics 2016 in the shooting event SK125 and became the first Indian to do so.He aims to train budding shooters through his NGO MAK Shooting Foundation..Mairaj Ahmad Khan is working on his autobiography titled Hard Target (as of 2021).