Manish Narwal’s path into competitive shooting began in 2016, when his father took him to a shooting range in his hometown of Ballabhgarh, Haryana, to train under coach Rakesh Thakur. That introduction set the stage for a career that would bring India some of its most notable results in para-pistol shooting.
At the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, Narwal won the gold medal in the men’s 50m pistol SH1 event, setting a new Paralympic record with a score of 218.2. The result marked him as one of the standout performers of the Games in the shooting disciplines.
Narwal’s record continued to build in the years that followed. At the 2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, he earned a bronze medal in the men’s 10m event, and at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, he added a silver medal in the 10m air pistol SH1 event to his résumé.
Across three major international meets — a home-country training foundation under Rakesh Thakur, a Paralympic gold in Tokyo, continental bronze in Hangzhou, and Paralympic silver in Paris — Narwal has been reported as one of the consistent medal contenders in his event category over this period.
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Narwal began training under coach Rakesh Thakur after his father brought him to a shooting range in Ballabhgarh in 2016.
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