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Indian sport shooter

Tejaswini Sawant (born 12 September 1980) is an Indian shooter and Olympian from the Maharashtrian city of Kolhapur.

In 2010 she became World Champion in the 50 metre prone rifle event.

Biography

Tejaswini born to father Ravindra and mother Sunita in Kolhapur. She has two younger sisters Anuradha Pitre and Vijaymala Gavali.

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Her father Ravindra Sawant was in the Indian Navy.^[1] He died in February 2010. She started her practice under the coaching of Jaisingh Kusale in Kolhapur. She is training under her personal coach Kuheli Gangulee.^[2] Tejaswini was also appointed as officer on special duty (OSD) in the sports department.^[3] Tejaswini received the Arjuna award on 29 August 2011.

Sawant married Sameer Darekar on 11 Feb 2016.^[4]

Career

In 2010 in Munich, Sawant became the world champion in the 50m rifle prone event.^[5][6][7]

She earned a quota place