A career in rifle shooting

Anjum Moudgil is an Indian sport shooter whose career has included rifle events at international level. A sports summit biography states that she began shooting while at school in Chandigarh and later worked with Punjab Police. Chandigarh is a union territory and a shared capital of Punjab and Haryana; those administrative facts are distinct from an athlete’s personal or sporting connections. A biography should also distinguish a workplace, a team represented and a birthplace. Competition results and interviews provide different kinds of evidence about how a sporting career developed.[1]

World championship silver

At the 2018 International Shooting Sport Federation World Championship in Changwon, Moudgil won silver in the women’s 10-metre air rifle event. The ISSF’s result lists her score in the final, while its report identifies her as the silver medallist. That result belongs to a specific event and year; it should not be confused with a team medal or a different rifle discipline. The final score and placing can be checked against the federation’s results, while a contemporary report can explain the course of the competition. Both are more precise than an undated statement that an athlete was a world medallist.[2][4]

Different events and competitions

Rifle shooting includes different distances and formats. The ISSF athlete profile lists Moudgil’s appearances across competitions, while an Indian government awards citation records medals in individual and team events at the 2018 world championship. A team result and an individual result should be named separately. Athletes’ rankings and competition entries change, so current standings require a dated check rather than a historical profile. Interviews can add a competitor’s experience of preparation and pressure, but a score or medal should be tied to the event record. This distinction helps readers follow a career accurately across seasons.[3][5]

Sources & notes

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  1. Confederation of Indian Industry. India Sports Summit speaker booklet ↗Written source · Source date: 2019-10-10 · Locator: Speaker booklet, printed p. 13 / PDF p. 15: school and Punjab Police. Accessed 2026-11-04.The dated summit speaker biography was inspected; it is a 2019 snapshot rather than a current employment record.Return to A career in rifle shooting, paragraph 1 ↑
  2. International Shooting Sport Federation. South Korea pockets two medals and two quotas in Changwon ↗Written source · Source date: 2018-09-03 · Locator: 3 September 2018 match report, women’s 10m air rifle final. Accessed 2026-11-04.The federation’s contemporaneous report identifies the individual silver and final score; separate results record the event placing.Return to World championship silver, paragraph 1 ↑
  3. Government of India, Press Information Bureau. Sports and Adventure Awards 2019: citation book ↗Written source · Source date: 2019 · Locator: PDF p. 23: Anjum Moudgil’s 2019 Arjuna Award citation and listed 2018 medals. Accessed 2026-11-04.The government citation was checked for its separate individual and team silver-medal listing; it is an award citation rather than a full event results table.Return to Different events and competitions, paragraph 1 ↑
  4. International Shooting Sport Federation. Changwon 2018: 10m Air Rifle Women, final results ↗Federation competition result · Source date: 2018-09-03 · Locator: Final results, Anjum Moudgil, second place. Accessed 2026-11-04.The federation’s final table was checked. Its final score is distinct from a qualification score or team result.Return to World championship silver, paragraph 1 ↑
  5. International Shooting Sport Federation. Anjum Moudgil: athlete results ↗Federation athlete record · Source date: publication date not established · Locator: Achievements: Olympic Games and ISSF World Championships. Accessed 2026-11-04.The athlete-specific results list was checked; rankings and later appearances can change.Return to Different events and competitions, paragraph 1 ↑
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