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{{Short description|Indian sport shooter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| nationality = [[India]]n
| birth_date = 3 September 2001
| birth_place =
| height = 1.67 m
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport|Women's [[Shooting sports|shooting]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{IND}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Asian Shooting Championships|Asian Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2023 Asian Shooting Championships|2023 Changwon]]|Mixed skeet team}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2019 Asian Shooting Championships|2019 Doha]]|Skeet team}}
}}

'''Darshna Rathore''' (born 3 September 2001) is an Indian [[Sport shooting|sport shooter]]. She competes in the [[ISSF Olympic skeet|skeet]] discipline. She is part of the Indian shooting team at the Asian Games, [[Hangzhou]], [[China]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 September 2023 |title=Indian shooters at Asian Games: Events, key dates, format and rules |url=https://www.espn.in/espn/story/_/id/38465705/indian-shooters-asian-games-hangzhou-2022-events-key-dates-format-rules-top-medal-contenders |access-date=27 September 2023 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Indian medalists named as shooter for Hangzhou Asian Games_The 19th Asian Games Hangzhou |url=https://www.hangzhou2022.cn/En/presscenter/spotnews/latestnews/202306/t20230627_63136.shtml |access-date=18 October 2023 |website=www.hangzhou2022.cn}}</ref> She was part of the Indian women's skeet team, along with [[Parinaaz Dhaliwal]], and [[Ganemat Sekhon]] that finished fourth in the [[Asian Games]] shooting competitions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 September 2023 |title=Asian Games, Shooting: Led by Sift Kaur Samra's gold, India win seven medals on Wednesday |url=https://scroll.in/field/1056681/asian-games-shooting-led-by-sift-kaur-samras-gold-india-win-seven-medals-on-wednesday |access-date=27 September 2023 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref>

Darshana won the bronze after equalling the National record score of 120 as she qualified for the six-woman final in her first World Cup at Almaty.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=23 May 2023 |title=World Cup: Ganemat wins skeet silver, Darshna third |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/others/historic-silver-bronze-finish-by-ganemat-sekhon-and-darshna-rathore-in-womens-skeet-101684838220440.html |access-date=18 October 2023 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Darshna hails from [[Rajasthan]]. She works with the [[Rajasthan Police]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Srinivasan |first=Kamesh |date=23 February 2022 |title=Darshna Rathore grounded for missing one clay bird |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/shooting/darshna-rathore-grounded-for-missing-one-clay-bird-shooting-olympics/article38436334.ece |access-date=27 September 2023 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref>

== Career ==

* 2023: In May, she won bronze at the ISSF Astana Shotgun World Cup. In the qualifying, she made it to the six-woman final in second spot after equalling the national record of 120.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 May 2023 |title=Shooting World Cup: Ganemat, Darshna win silver, bronze |url=https://www.espn.in/shooting/story/_/id/37713953/shooting-world-cup-shotgun-ganemat-sekhon-darshna-rathore-win-silver-bronze |access-date=27 September 2023 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title="Glad that I could win a medal for India…" Shooter Darshna Rathore | News - Times of India Videos |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/news/glad-that-i-could-win-a-medal-for-india-shooter-darshna-rathore/videoshow/100511288.cms |access-date=27 September 2023 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ISSF World Cup: Indian shooters Ganemat Sekhon, Darshna Rathore create history |url=https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?title=ISSF-World-Cup:-Indian-shooters-Ganemat-Sekhon,-Darshna-Rathore-create-history&id=461376 |access-date=27 September 2023 |website=newsonair.gov.in}}</ref>
* 2023: She made her debut<ref>{{Cite web |last=ANI |date=24 May 2023 |title=Indian skeet shooters Ganemat Sekhon, Darshna Rathore create history |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/sports/issf-world-cup-indian-skeet-shooters-ganemat-sekhon-darshna-rathore-create-history-1503184249.html |access-date=7 October 2023 |website=www.thestatesman.com}}</ref> for senior India and won her first World Cup medal winning a bronze medal at the World Cup in Almaty.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 October 2023 |title=Asian Games 2023 Highlights: India men's hockey team clinches gold medal, seals Paris Olympics berth; Satwik/Chirag in men's doubles final |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/asian-games-2023/live-updates-of-asian-games-2023-day-13-cricket-badminton-kabaddi-hockey-archery-wrestling-roller-skating/liveblog/104198649.cms |access-date=6 October 2023 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=25 June 2023 |title=Shooters Ganemat Sekhon, Darshna Rathore make cut for Asian Games, World Championships |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/shooters-ganemat-sekhon-darshna-rathore-make-cut-for-asian-games-world-championships/articleshow/101257359.cms |access-date=7 October 2023 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=23 May 2023 |title=ISSF World Cup: Historic silver-bronze finish for Ganemat Sekhon and Darshna Rathore |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/issf-world-cup-historic-silver-bronze-finish-for-ganemat-sekhon-and-darshna-rathore/articleshow/100448138.cms |access-date=7 October 2023 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nalwala |first=Ali Asgar |date=23 May 2013 |title=India's skeet shooters Ganemat Sekhon and Darshna Rathore create history |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/issf-world-cup-shotgun-almaty-2023-shooting-india-women-skeet-results |access-date=7 October 2023 |website=www.olympics.com}}</ref><ref name=":1" />
* 2023: She took part in the skeet event at the Baku World Championship.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation - issf-sports.org |url=https://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHINDW0309200101 |access-date=7 October 2023 |website=www.issf-sports.org}}</ref>
* 2023: In June, she took part in the Junior World Cup event at Suhl, Germany.<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 June 2023 |title=ISSF Junior World Cup: India finish on top of medal tally but trap shooters miss out on final day |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/issf-junior-world-cup-india-finish-on-top-of-medal-tally-but-trap-shooters-miss-out-on-final-day/articleshow/100855841.cms |access-date=7 October 2023 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
* 2022: She represented India in the skeet team event and individual event at the Osijek World Championship.<ref name=":0" />
* 2021: In November, edged out India's top-ranked women's Skeet shooter Ganemat Sekhon of Punjab 50-46 to win her maiden National title.<ref>{{Cite web |last=PTI |date=24 November 2021 |title=Young shooter Darshna Rathore wins her maiden National Skeet title |url=https://thebridge.in/shooting/darshana-rathore-maiden-national-skeet-26845 |access-date=18 October 2023 |website=thebridge.in |language=en}}</ref>
* 2019: She took part in the Lonato Junior World Championships women's skeet and mixed skeet events.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Srinivasan |first=Kamesh |date=6 July 2019 |title=Shotgun World Championship: Darshna misses final by a whisker |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/shooting/shotgun-world-championship-2019-darshna-rathore-misses-final-parinaaz-sheeraz-sheikh-mairaj-ahmad/article28306481.ece |access-date=7 October 2023 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{ISSF|SHINDW0309200101}}
* {{2022 Asian Games profile|shooting/athlete-profile-n2001556-rathore-darshna}}

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[[Category:2001 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian female sport shooters]]
[[Category:Skeet shooters]]
[[Category:Sport shooters from Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Asian Games shooters for India]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 2022 Asian Games]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]

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TiffaniKellum at 20:31, 19 April 2026