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| image = XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi Anisa Sayed and Sarnobat of India won the gold medal in 25M Pistol Women (Pair) event, at Karnail Singh Shooting Range, in New Delhi on October 05, 2010.jpg<br />
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| caption = Anisa Sayyed (left) and [[Rahi Sarnobat]] won the gold medal in 25M Pistol Women (Pair) event, at Karnail Singh Shooting Range, in XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi on October 05, 2010.<br />
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|22 September 1980}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Wai, Maharashtra]], India<ref name=bio>[http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/cycling_road/1017628/anisa_sayyed.html Anisa Sayyed]. glasgow2014.com</ref><br />
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| height = 157 cm<ref name=bio/><br />
| weight = 90 kg<ref name=bio/><br />
| spouse = Mubarak Hussain<ref name=bio/><br />
| sport = Shooting<br />
| event = [[25 meter pistol]]<br />
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| show-medals = yes<br />
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold| [[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]] | [[Shooting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|25 m pistol pairs]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold| [[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]] | [[Shooting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|25 m pistol]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver| [[2014 Commonwealth Games|2014 Glasgow]] | [[Shooting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games|25 m pistol]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze| [[2014 Asian Games|2014 Incheon]] | [[Shooting at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's 25 metre pistol team|25 m pistol team]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[National Shooting Championship Competitions|NSCC]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold| [[2017 Trivandram]] | [[Shooting at the 2017 NSCC – Women's 25 metre pistol team|25 m pistol team]]}}<br />
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'''Anisa Sayyed''' (born 22 September 1980) is an Indian female pistol [[shooting sports|shooter]] who won two gold medals in [[2010 Commonwealth Games]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Sayyed|first=Anisa|title=Double delight for Pune shooter Anisa Sayyed|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/india-news/Double-delight-for-Pune-shooter-Anisa-Sayyed/articleshow/6703635.cms|accessdate=19 September 2013|newspaper=Times of India|date=7 October 2010}}</ref> She also won a gold medal at the [[SAF games]] in 2006. At the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]], she won a silver in the 25 m event.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pistol shooter Rahi Sarnobat wins gold, Anisa Sayyed silver |url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/07/pistol-shooter-rahi-sarnobat-wins-gold-anisa-sayyed-silver/|accessdate=26 July 2014|agency=IANS|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|date=26 July 2014}}</ref> Besides, she won a bronze in the 2014's [[Incheon Asian Games|Asian Games]] and silver in the [[Glasgow Commonwealth Games]] in the same year.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/other-sports/haryana-sports-department-takes-aim-at-india-shooter-anisa-sayyed/story-bsVtNGAyT8If6O5WPiUVTN.html|title=Haryana sports department takes aim at India shooter Anisa Sayyed|date=2017-11-23|work=hindustantimes.com/|access-date=2018-08-25|language=en}}</ref> She set a new national record by winning a gold medal in women's 25m air pistol at the [http://www.thenrai.in/details.aspx?view=2683 National Shooting Championship Competition] in 2017.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/anisa-sayyed-wins-womens-25m-pistol-with-new-national-record-5001547/|title=Anisa Sayyed wins women’s 25m pistol gold with new national record|date=2017-12-27|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2018-08-25|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/anisa-sets-new-mark/article22282057.ece|title=Anisa sets new mark|last=Vinod|first=A.|date=2017-12-26|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-08-25|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Originally belonging to Khadki, in the Satara district of [[Pune]], Anisa is the daughter of Abdul Hameed Sayyed and is the youngest of four siblings.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/print/teachers-class-act/|title=teachers class act|date=2010-10-07|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2017-05-13|language=en-US}}</ref> Her father who was a former club-level football player, used to work as a clerk at [[Tata Motors|Telco]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sunday-guardian.com/sports/anisa-climbs-her-way-up-to-glory-from-a-very-humble-beginning|title=Anisa climbs her way up to glory from a very humble beginning|website=sunday-guardian.com|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-05-13}}</ref> Anisa developed an interest in shooting while training for the National Cadet Corps (NCC), in college.<ref name=":0" /> She was awarded with the title of best NCC shooter in her school life.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/commonwealth-games/its-all-the-more-sweet-after-overcoming-hardships-anisa-434732|title=It's all the more sweet after overcoming hardships: Anisa|work=NDTV.com|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Anisa used to work for the Lady Hawabhai School as a primary teacher.<ref name=":1" /> She later started working for the Indian Railways as a Ticket-Collector on the busy Mumbai-Pune Railway route at [[Vile Parle railway station|Vile Parle]] railway station of [[Maharashtra]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://twocircles.net/2010oct06/anisa_sayyed_ticketchecker_shooting_champion.html|title=Anisa Sayyed: From ticket-checker to shooting champion {{!}} TwoCircles.net|last=TwoCircles.net|website=twocircles.net|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-13}}</ref> She resigned from her job after being repeatedly denied transfer to her home town (Pune).<ref name=":2" /><br />
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Anisha's shooting career began in 2002 under the guidance of Gani Sheikh and P.V.Inamdar.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india-news/Double-delight-for-Pune-shooter-Anisa-Sayyed/articleshow/6703635.cms|title=Double delight for Pune shooter Anisa Sayyed - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-05-13}}</ref> Anisa won her first gold medal in the 25m pistol event while pairing with Rahi Sarnobat.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/other/cwg-2014-pistol-shooter-rahi-sarnobat-wins-gold-anisa-sayyed-silver/story-KoZv6w11gqf0yvD4J6AvUO.html;jsessionid=B6AD76F63AB1446C9ADF6A7D71A720F9|title=CWG 2014: Pistol shooter Rahi Sarnobat wins gold, Anisa Sayyed silver|date=2014-07-26|work=hindustantimes.com/|access-date=2017-05-13|language=en}}</ref> She also won the silver medal in the women's 25 metre pistol event of the [[Commonwealth Games]] at the [[Barry Buddon Shooting Centre]] near [[Glasgow]] on June 26, 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/shooting/commonwealth-games-2014-rahi-sarnobat-wins-gold-anisa-sayyed-silver-shooting|title=Commonwealth Games 2014: Pistol Shooting - Rahi Sarnobat wins gold, Anisa Sayyed silver|date=2014-07-26|access-date=2017-05-13}}</ref> National Coach Sunny Thomas taught her some special techniques before the 2010 commonwealth games.<ref name=":4" /><br />
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Anisa won the individual gold medal with a score of 776.5 at the Commonwealth Games itself. She also won the gold medal in [[South Asian Games|SAF games]] in 2006.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sports.ndtv.com/commonwealth-games-2014/i-am-still-waiting-for-that-promised-job-commonwealth-games-silver-medallist-anisa-sayyed-1514891|title=I am Still Waiting for That Promised Job: Commonwealth Games Silver Medallist Anisa Sayyed – NDTV Sports|last=NDTVSports.com|work=NDTVSports.com|access-date=2017-05-13}}</ref> In 2014, she won the silver medal for the 25-metre pistol shooting at the Commonwealth Games at Glasgow. Anisa is supported by [[Anglian Medal Hunt Company]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/hattrick-for-anisa-sayyed/article2648024.ece|title=Hat-trick for Anisa Sayyed|last=Marar|first=Nandakumar|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-05-13|language=en}}</ref> She set out to create a new national record in 2017 at the National Shooting Championship Competition in the 25m pistol shooting category.<ref name=":3" /><br />
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== Controversy ==<br />
She was promised a job after a winning streak at various Shooting championships both in India and abroad but she did not get any job. The state government instead asked her to go back to her sport.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/cwg-gold-medal-winner-anisa-sayyed-still-waiting-for-promised-job/15506154|title=CWG gold medal winner Anisa Sayyed still waiting for promised job|date=2014-08-05|work=mid-day|access-date=2018-08-25|language=en}}</ref><br />
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In November 2017, she filed a complaint of harassment against the senior officials at the state sports department where she was employed. She said that her salary was not paid for past two years and neither was her leave for subsequent games duly sanctioned by the authority.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/other-sports/haryana-sports-department-takes-aim-at-india-shooter-anisa-sayyed/story-bsVtNGAyT8If6O5WPiUVTN.html|title=Haryana sports department takes aim at India shooter Anisa Sayyed|date=2017-11-23|work=hindustantimes.com/|access-date=2018-08-25|language=en}}</ref> Addressed to Haryana's director of sports and youth affairs, she expressed her disagreement with the state which promised to provide her with necessary amenities to continue with her sport along with her job.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://haryanaabtak.com/featured/commonwealth-games-star-anisa-sayyed-alleged-harassment-senior-officials/|title=Commonwealth Games Star Anisa Sayyed alleged harassment by senior officials - Haryana ABTAK|last=Rajput|first=Pushpendra Singh|date=2017-11-25|work=Haryana ABTAK|access-date=2018-08-25|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Anisa is married to Mubarak Khan and recently in 2017 blessed with baby girl and the couple presently live in [[Faridabad district|Faridabad]] district of [[Haryana]]. Satyabrata Dam is her mind trainer, who helps her constantly feel motivated.<ref name=":2" /><br />
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She meditates<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121103132128/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-20/shooting/28144904_1_bronze-medal-gold-medals-silver-medals timesofindia]<br />
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