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|name=Malaika Goel<br />
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|birth_date={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1997|10|23}}<br />
|birth_place=[[Amritsar]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], [[India]]<br />
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|height= {{convert|173|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} (2014)<br />
|weight= {{convert|78|kg|lb|abbr=on}} (2014)<br />
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{{MedalSport| Women's [[Shooting sports|shooting]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver| [[2014 Commonwealth Games|2014 Glasgow]] | [[Shooting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 10 metre air pistol|10m Air Pistol]]}}<br />
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'''Malaika Goel''' (born 23 October 1997) is an Indian [[Shooting sports|shooter]]. She won the silver medal in the [[Shooting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 10 metre air pistol|Women's 10m Air Pistol]] competition at the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Women's 10 meter Air Pistol Result |url= http://results.glasgow2014.com/event/shooting/shw203101/10m_air_pistol_womens_finals.html |website= glasgow2014.com |date= 25 July 2014 |accessdate= 25 July 2014}}</ref> She was the youngest medallist.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/malaika-goel-shooting-her-way-to-glory/articleshow/63209427.cms|title=Malaika Goel: Shooting her way to glory {{!}} Chandigarh News - Times of India|last=Mar 8|first=TNN {{!}} Updated|last2=2018|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-11-23|last3=Ist|first3=7:09}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
By the age of 20, Goel had grabbed as many as 16 international medals.<ref name=":0" /> She started her shooting career in 2008.<ref name="bp" /> In 2012, Goel won a silver medal at the senior national championships in the 10 meter Air Pistol competition. In the same year, she also won a silver at the [[2012 Asian Air Gun Championships|Asian Air Gun Championships]] in [[China]] in the juniors category. In its 2013 event held in [[Tehran]], Goel scoring 197.7 points won the gold medal in the Youth section.<ref>{{cite news |title= Malaika Goel wins gold, India bags 38 medals |url= http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/malaika-goel-wins-gold-india-bags-38-medals/article5276893.ece |newspaper= The Hindu |date= 27 October 2013 |accessdate= 25 July 2014}}</ref><br />
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In the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]], she won the silver medal having scored 197.1 points.<ref name="bp">{{cite news|title=Malaika Goel Wins Silver for India in Women's 10m Air Pistol Event|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/07/malaika-goel-wins-silver-for-india-in-womens-10m-air-pistol-event/|accessdate=26 July 2014|agency=IANS|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|date=26 July 2014}}</ref> She left behind [[Dorothy Ludwig]] of [[Canada]] with Bronze medal.<ref>{{cite news|title=Class sixth dropout girl wins silver in Commonwealth games|url=http://www.patrika.com/news/class-sixth-dropout-girl-wins-silver-in-commonwealth-games/1020038|accessdate=26 July 2014|work=Patrika Group|issue=26 July 2014}}</ref> She also won a bronze at the Asian Championships in Kuwait in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympicgoldquest.in/Malaika-Goel.html|title=Shooting {{!}} OGQ|website=www.olympicgoldquest.in|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref> At the 59th National Shooting Championship in 2015 in New Delhi, she earned the bronze medal in the 10-metre air pistol event. Goel's coach are Mohinder Lal and Gurjeet Singh. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHINDW2710199701|title=ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation - issf-sports.org|website=www.issf-sports.org|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><br />
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