Abhinav Bindra

Some Lesser Known Facts About Abhinav Bindra

• Does Abhinav Bindra smoke: No

• Does Abhinav Bindra drink alcohol: No

• At the age of 15, Abhinav Bindra became the youngest participant in the 1998 Commonwealth Games.

• In 2001, Abhinav Bindra, at the age of 18, became the youngest recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award – India’s highest honor given for achievement in sports. Also, he was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2010.

• Abhinav Bindra is the CEO of Abhinav Futuristic – the only company that sells Walter brand of pistols in the country. The company provides weapons to various police departments across India.

• His career at one stage was jeopardized by a nagging back injury. Since 2006, he was down and out for months with a career-threatening spinal injury caused due to ligament over-stretching in the Lumbodorsal region. He took up a thorough rehabilitation programme that helped reduce the strain on his spine and made some technical changes for a better posture.

• At 2008 Beijing Olympics, Abhinav Bindra created history by becoming the only Indian to win an individual gold medal ever.

• In 2009, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the President of India.

• Abhinav Bindra was conferred the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army on November 1, 2011.

• He entered into shooting as a boy with -4 power in both eyes.

• Bindra is the member of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).

• At the 2024 Paris Olympics, he carried the Olympic torch.