Tejaswini Sawant

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Tejaswini is an Indian Shooter from Kolhapur in Maharastra.At the age of 13, she started her training in shooting with the dream of becoming Indias top shooter.She has practised in the Dudhali area where there were minimum facilities available for a shooter.Initially, she was trained under Jaisingh Kusale, whereas now she is being mentored by her personal coach- Kuheli Gangulee and she considers her coach as her biggest support system.At the 9th South Asian Sports Federation Games in 2004 in Islamabad, she won a Gold Medal for India.After winning 5 Gold, 6 Silver, and 5 Bronze medals at the national championships, Tejaswini was selected to represent India at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, ahead of Anjali Ved Pathak Bhagwat (Asian Games gold medallist) and Suma Shirur (world record holder), where she won gold medals in Womens 10 m Air Rifle singles and Womens 10 m Air Rifle Pairs (with Avneet Kaur Sidhu) events.At the 2009 ISSF World Cup in Munich, she won a bronze medal in 50-metre rifle three positions.She became the World Champion and the first Indian woman shooter to win a gold medal by making a world-record equalling score at the World Championships in the 50 m Rifle Prone event.Tejaswini grabbed two silver medals and one bronze at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi: one silver in Womens 50 rifle prone singles, other along with Lajjakumari Goswami in Womens 50 m rifle 3 positions pairs event, and bronze in Womens 50 m rifle prone pairs paired with Meena Kumari.In an interview, she expressed her joy of representing India world-wide and the magic she feels after fulfilling her fathers dream:.