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Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy expressed heavy sorrow implicit the demise of Jaspal Rana, 1 of India’s accomplished shooter who won Asian Games golden medal and renowned shooting coach.
Jaspal Rana, who precocious underwent a aesculapian process aft falling sick during the Indian contingent’s instrumentality formation from Germany, passed distant connected Friday (June 12, 2026).
The Chief Minister said Jaspal Rana’s outstanding achievements astatine the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games, arsenic good arsenic his practice of India astatine the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, brought immense pridefulness to the nation.
Jaspal Rana, who clinched the golden successful the centre occurrence pistol lawsuit successful the National Shooting Championship successful Madras connected February 21, 1994. | Photo Credit: THE HINDU ARCHIVES
“With his passing, India has mislaid not lone a legendary sportsperson but besides an inspiring mentor whose committedness to excellence and work to sports volition beryllium remembered for generations,” the Chief Minister said.
Indian shooter Jaspal Rana shows his golden medals. | Photo Credit: THE HINDU ARCHIVES
Mr. Reddy recalled that arsenic India’s high-performance manager for pistol events, Jaspal Rana played a pivotal relation successful nurturing young endowment and strengthening India’s shooting ecosystem. The Chief Minister conveyed his condolences to the bereaved family, friends, students and sporting fraternity.
