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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian sports shooter (born 2007)}}<br />
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| name = Abhinav Deshwal<br />
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|2007}}<br />
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{{MedalSport|Men's [[shooting sports|shooting]]}}<br />
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Deaflympics]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2021 Summer Deaflympics|Caxias do Sul 2021]]|[[Shooting at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics|10m air pistol]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2025 Summer Deaflympics|Tokyo 2025]]|[[Shooting at the 2025 Summer Deaflympics|10m air pistol]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|Tokyo 2025|Mixed 10m air pistol}}<br />
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'''Abhinav Deshwal''' (born 2007) is an Indian deaf sports shooter.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Abhinav Deshwal |url=https://www.deaflympics.com/athletes/abhinav-deshwal |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=Deaflympics}}</ref> He made his Deaflympic debut at the age of 15 representing [[India at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics]] (held in May 2022). He hails from [[Roorkee]], [[Uttarakhand]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Abhinav Deshwal wins men's 10m air pistol gold at Deaflympics |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/shooting/abhinav-deshwal-wins-mens-10m-air-pistol-gold-deaflympics-indian-shooting/article38486168.ece |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=Sportstar |date=7 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
He competed at the [[2021 Summer Deaflympics]] and clinched a gold medal in the men's 10m air pistol shooting event.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=7 May 2022 |title=Abhinav Deshwal wins gold in men's 10m air pistol at Deaflympics {{!}} More sports News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/abhinav-deshwal-wins-gold-in-mens-10m-air-pistol-at-deaflympics/articleshow/91402619.cms |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> He was initially tied with Ukraine's [[Oleksii Lazebnyk]] at 234.2 points apiece at the end of 24-shot final, before securing a gold medal in a shoot-off where he shot 10.3 in contrast to Lazebnyk's 9.7 mark.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Results - Shooting 10m Air Pistol (Men) |url=https://www.deaflympics.com/games/2022-s/results/3452 |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=Deaflympics}}</ref> It was also India's second gold medal in shooting during the 2021 Summer Deaflympics.{{fact|date=September 2022}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[India at the Deaflympics]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.deaflympics.com/athletes/abhinav-deshwal Abhinav Deshwal] at [[Deaflympics]]<br />
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[[Category:Medalists at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics]]<br />
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[[Category:Shooters at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics]]<br />
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