Home chevron_right Sport Shooter chevron_right Raiza Dhillon

Raiza Dhillon

movie Sport Shooter cake 20 April 2004 (Tuesday) (Shamgarh, Karnal, Haryana)
height

Height

5' 4" (163 cm)

hourglass_empty

Age

20

flag

Nation

Indian

favorite Personal Life

Basic Information

Date of Birth: 20 April 2004 (Tuesday)
Birthplace: Shamgarh, Karnal, Haryana
Zodiac Sign: Aries
Nationality: Indian
Hometown: Panchkula, Haryana

Family & Relationships

Marital Status: Unmarried

Lifestyle

Food Habit: Non-vegetarian

person_book Biography

Some Lesser Known About Raiza Dhillon

  • Raiza Dhillon is the first Indian to qualify in the Olympic Games Paris 2024 skeet event.
  • In childhood, she got interested in guns used for trophy hunting by her grandfather and father.
  • Her mother initially was not in favour of her choosing shooting, and she tried to introduce her to other sports such as tennis and swimming.
  • She liked to practice with toy guns on empty cans and bottles and started formally practising at age 12.
  • She started training under Amrinder Singh Cheema, a friend of her father, international shooter, and four-time national winner at Motibagh Gun Club in Patiala.

    Raiza Dhillon practicing at a shooting range
    Raiza Dhillon practicing at a shooting range
  • She has attended the coaching camps at Gagan Narang Sports Promotion Foundation in Pune and trained under international coach and Olympian Ennio Falco for a brief period.
  • She was part of the Indian team at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Championship at Osijek, Croatia, in 2022.
  • In March 2023, she participated in the skeet women’s individual and mixed team at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Shotgun in Larnaca, Cyprus.
  • She joined the Sports Authority of India’s National Centre of Excellence in 2023.

newspaper Recent News

Recent news and updates about Raiza Dhillon will appear here.