Avneet Sidhu

Avneet Kaur Sidhu is an Indian sport shooter from Punjab who has represented India in international competition in the women's 10 metre air rifle and 50 metre rifle 3 positions events. She came to wider attention in the mid-2000s as part of a generation of Indian rifle shooters who broke through at the Commonwealth and Asian level.

Key facts

Full name	Avneet Kaur Sidhu
Nationality	Indian
Home state	Punjab
Sport	Shooting
Discipline	Rifle (10 m air rifle, 50 m rifle 3 positions)
Country represented	India

Background

Sidhu hails from Bathinda in Punjab and took up rifle shooting through the structured pathway of state and national-level shooting championships organised under the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI). She trained alongside other shooters from Punjab during a period when the state produced several internationally competitive rifle and pistol athletes.

Career

Sidhu represented India at the 2006 Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne, Australia, competing in women's rifle events. She was also part of the Indian shooting contingent at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, where she featured in air rifle competition. She continued to compete on the domestic circuit at the National Shooting Championship and at international ISSF World Cup stages during the second half of the 2000s.

Events

10 metre air rifle (women)
50 metre rifle 3 positions (women)

Significance

Sidhu's career coincided with a rise in the international profile of Indian shooting, anchored by performances at the Commonwealth Games and ISSF events. As a woman rifle shooter from Punjab, she contributed to the depth of the Indian women's rifle squad in the late 2000s, alongside a broader cohort that helped popularise the sport beyond traditional centres.

References

Wikidata: Q4829067
National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) records
International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) athlete results