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Abhinav Bindra, born September 28, 1982.

Abhinav Bindra, is an Indian shooting sports person and CEO of Abhinav Futuristics, a PC games peripherals distributor based in Chandigarh.

As a shooter, he specialises in the field of Air rifle. On August 11, 2008 he became the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games and first gold medal since 1980 for India.

At the age of 15, Abhinav Bindra was the youngest participant at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and two years later he was the youngest shooter at the 2000 Olympic Games.

He won six gold medals at various international meets in 2001.

In the Air rifle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, Manchester, he won Gold in the Pairs event and Silver in the individual event.

At the 2004 Olympic Games, he broke the Olympic record but failed to win a medal.

Abhinav also holds an MBA (Masters in Business Administration)

Ahbinav Bindra Olympic Gold medal was India’s first individual gold medal at the Olympics, and the first gold in 28 years, since the Men’s Hockey team won the gold at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.