Jaspal Rana, former Asian Games gold medallist, passes away at 49

Renowned Indian shooting manager and erstwhile Asian Games golden medallist Jaspal Rana, 49, passed distant connected Friday (June 12, 2026).

Jaspal Rana precocious underwent a aesculapian process aft falling sick during the Indian contingent’s instrumentality formation from the ISSF World Cup successful Munich, Germany.

Until his death, Rana served arsenic the high-performance manager for Indian pistol shooters.

Born successful 1976, Rana won galore medals astatine planetary competitions, including the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games. He was instrumental successful shaping India’s beingness successful shooting sports.

Jaspal Rana had a singular tally of 15 medals — 9 gold, 4 metallic and 2 bronze — won crossed 4 editions of the Commonwealth Games viz. 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006. He was conferred the Arjuna Award successful 1994 and Padma Shri successful 1997 for his contributions to Indian shooting. Jaspal Rana was awarded Dronacharya Award successful 2020.

Jaspal Rana was credited for helping Manu Bhaker triumph treble bronze medals astatine the 2024 Paris Olympics.