You’re reading Entrepreneur India, an international franchise of Entrepreneur visit site Media. She got a chance to represent India at the Olympics for the first time in 2012 where she ended up 12th in the qualification round. But the determined shooter was able to shake it off soon and aimed for greater heights. She finished the 2010 Guangzhou Asiad with a silver medal in individual category. She had chosen shooting as a sport to get through to the Bachelor of Dental Surgery programme. “I am exhausted, those are my thoughts on today’s performance,” Sidhu quipped while speaking to PTI after her gold.
We put together a list of the best, most profitable small business ideas for entrepreneurs to pursue in 2025. In 2014, the global nutrition company, Herbalife signed up Heena as its ‘Fresh Face’ and she has been endorsing the company’s nutritional food products and personal care products since. Heena grabbed that golden opportunity with both hands and came up trumps over the reigning World Champion, Zorana Arunovic to clinch the gold with a world record final score of 203.8. Heena, in short, is feisty, determined and focused on winning many more medals for India. She is not scared to live by her principles and the fire in her eyes suggest she still has a long, long way to go.
facts about Heena Sidhu — the Olympian who made it to the Forbes India 30 Under 30 list
Five years after starting the sport in 2009, she broke the glass ceiling when she became the first Indian pistol shooter to win the coveted gold at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in 2014. My fellow shooters and I had impacted young minds and they made us their role models—that feeling is incredible.” The hunger to compete when she’s feeling her best means Sidhu is on a shooting sabbatical of sorts, learning to love and enjoy the sport again. “You’ll see me when I’m ready again,” she signs off. In 2013, she got married to 2006 Commonwealth Games gold medal winning pistol shooter Ronak Pandit who now acts as her coach as well as manager.
- Five years after starting the sport in 2009, she broke the glass ceiling when she became the first Indian pistol shooter to win the coveted gold at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in 2014.
- On 7 February 2013, Sidhu married Ronak Pandit, also a pistol shooter.
- Her father’s name is Rajbir Singh Sidhu and her mother’s name is Rominder Kaur Sidhu.
- She is not scared to live by her principles and the fire in her eyes suggest she still has a long, long way to go.
- She started to participate in various competitions in 2007 and also played for the Patiala Club.
- The Arjuna-awardee suffered a finger injury last year, but her determination and an undying will to keep playing at the highest level have egged her on.
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The girl who wanted to learn to shoot just to gain admission into a dental college, is now one of India’s brightest shooters. The former World No. 1 had pulled out of the Asian Airgun Shooting Championship held in Iran due to the compulsory hijab rule for all women athletes. Blenders Pride Reserve Collection presents Entrepreneur’s 35U35 list, which includes some path-breaking names from the field of entrepreneurship. Heena Sidhu has showcased exemplary grit and composure under pressure and brought laurels to the nation in multitude.
In the years to come, Sidhu would write her own story. After her very first competition, an invitational district tournament in Punjab in 2006 (where she won gold), there was no looking back. “You could say that I’m a work in progress,” says Heena Sidhu, the 30-year-old pistol shooter, as she enjoys life outside the spotlight during her break, a year before the Olympics. She understands this current phase as a period of pause to immerse herself in her craft.
She was a part of the gold medal-winning team in 10m Air Pistol while in the individual competition, she had to settle for the silver. Heena Sidhu has been one of the brightest Indian pistol shooters for some time now. A former World No. 1 and world record holder, the 10 metre Air Pistol exponent will be aiming for a medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics in less than six months’ time. But the exhaustion and nerves gave way to a smile and dignified celebrations as Heena hugged her husband and coach Ronak Pandit. The couple had dreamt of this together and they finally saw their dream being realised on a big global stage.
Shooting was just a hobby for me, says Heena Sidhu
The 28-year-old Sidhu shot a final score of 38, two of them perfect fives, to claim the top honours ahead of Australian Elena Galiabovitch. Heena Sidhu broke the Games record in the women’s 25m Pistol event to win Gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on Tuesday.
Under her uncle’s supervision, she would start trying her hand at the firearms. Heena Sidhu was born on 29 August 1989 in Ludhiana. She is the first Indian Pistol shooter to be Ranked World No.1 (as on 7 April’2014) by ISSF, the first Indian Pistol shooter to have won a Gold medal in the 2013 ISSF World Cup Finals -Pistol in 10 metre Air Pistol event.
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The year 2017 began on a grim note for pistol shooter Heena Sidhu. A finger injury, for which she had to undergo physiotherapy and painful treatment, meant that her fingers trembled while shooting. The Arjuna Awardee clinched gold at the Commonwealth shooting championships in Brisbane, Australia, last October. Heena Sidhu (born 29 August 1989) is an Indian sport shooter.
But Forbes India 30 Under 30 recognised the achievements of former World No 1 Heena Sidhu, who has made the cut into the elite Forbes India list. It is a big moment for the 28-year-old shooter from India, who is pitted as the biggest hope in shooting, come 2020 Olympics. The Arjuna-awardee suffered a finger injury last year, but her determination and an undying will to keep playing at the highest level have egged her on. “He would let me try them from a very young age itself – under supervision of course. But I always loved guns; I loved the bang,” Sidhu said about her uncle. She was naturally exposed to different kinds of pistols and rifles from a young age.