Question

Tejaswini Sawant is an Indian shooter from the Maharashtran city of Kolhapur. Her father Ravinder Sawant was an officer in the Indian Navy. Tejaswini represented India in 2004 at the 9th South Asian Sports Federation Games. She, in the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Air Rifle Singles and women's 10m Air Rifle Pairs. In 2009, in the 50m Rifle. 3 positions, she won a bronze and in 50m Rifle prone game held in Germany. In the 2016 Commonwealth Games, she won one bronze and two silver medals in the women's 50m Rifle prime pairs, the women's 50 m Rifle prone singles and the women's 50m Rifle 3 positions respectively. Tejaswini was the first Indian shooter to win a gold medal at the world championship in 50m Rifle prone Game.

QUESTIONS :

(a) Who is Tejaswini Sawant?

(b) What did she represent?

(c) Mention her achievements in the 2016

Commonwealth Games.

(d) Where did her father work?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Ans

(a) Tejaswini Sawant is an Indian shooter from

Maharashtran city of Kolhapur.

(b) She represented India in 2004 at the 9th South Asian Sports Federation Games.

(c) In the 2016 Commonwealth Game, she won one bronze and two silver medals in the women's 50m Rifle prime pairs, the women's 50m Rifle prone singles and the women's 50m Rifle 3 positions respectively.

(d) Her father was an officer in the Indian Navy.