Rudrankksh Patil

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Career

World Cup

2023: gold

Tushar Dutt, February 22, 2023: The Times of India

World champion Rudrankksh Patil braved fatigue and fever to clinch his first World Cup individual gold in men’s 10m air rifle event at the ISSF World Cup in Cairo. Rudrankksh, 19, qualified sixth for the 8-man final with a score o f 629. 3. He later topped the ranking round with a score of 262 to qualify for the gold medal match. 
In the final, he didn’t sweat much a s he registered a comfortable 16-8 win over Germany’s Maximilian Ulbrich. “I was down with fever and cold and I had exhausted myself during the mixed match yesterday. Normally, the individual matches are scheduled first, but it was the opposite here. Nonetheless, it was an experience for me howto utilize my energy well,” Rudrankksh told TOI. 
The Cairo range is emerging as Rudrankksh’s favour ite hunting ground. After winning the World Championships title last year, the Thane shooter has won five gold here, which includes two mixed event gold (1 WCH, 1 WC) and three individu al medals (1 WCH, 1 WC, 1 WC Finals).


It was the Cairo range that broke Rudrankksh’s heart in his first World Cup participation where he finished 11th. “It looks like I have taken my revenge properly,” the teenager said in jest. “My first time here was disappointing as I couldn’t even make it to the final. But after that I have won all the gold medals here. ”

Year-wise developments

2022: world champion

Tushar Dutt, Oct 15, 2022: The Times of India

When 18-year-old Rudrankksh Patil defeated Arjun Babuta for the National Games gold two weeks ago, he was in disbelief having outplayed the World Cup gold medallist.

The Thane teen clinched gold in the men’s 10m air rifle at the ISSF World Championships in Cairo. In the process, Rudrankksh became only the second Indian world champion in the 10m air rifle category after Abhinav Bindra, who won gold in 2006.


Rudrankksh is overall the sixth world champion shooter from India. Among them, only Bindra went on to win an Olympic medal. Rudrankksh’s gold has also resulted in him winning a quota for the 2024 Paris Olympics.