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Vijay Kumar

1985 - Today

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Honorary Captain Vijay Kumar Sharma, AVSM, SM (born 19 August 1985) is an Indian sport shooter. He won the silver medal in the individual 25 metre rapid fire pistol event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Kumar hails from Barsar village of Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh and is a retired Subedar Major (Warrant Officer Class I) in the Dogra Regiment (16th Battalion) Indian Army, who was later promoted to Honorary Captain Rank. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vijay Kumar has received more than 65,734 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Vijay Kumar is the 6,496th most popular athlete (down from 4,267th in 2019), the 1,665th most popular biography from India (down from 1,396th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Indian Athlete.

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  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Vijay Kumar ranks 6,496 out of 6,025. Before him are Rahmat Erwin Abdullah, Sofia Ennaoui, Roman Anoshkin, Pang Qianyu, Karin Melis Mey, and Yampier Hernández. After him are Ángela Pumariega, Carlos Arévalo, Jorge Ureña, Zhu Qinan, Andrew Rock, and Agustín Mazzilli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Vijay Kumar ranks 1,467. Before him are Masoud Azizi, Jessica Marais, Benjamin Weß, Ryota Hayasaka, Brandon Rush, and Hideaki Takeda. After him are Tyler Hansbrough, Lopez Lomong, Rusko, Stephen Miller, Kiyotaka Miyoshi, and Lucie Pinson.

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In India

Among people born in India, Vijay Kumar ranks 1,665 out of 1,861. Before him are Leena Jumani (1983), Rahi Sarnobat (1990), Sanya Malhotra (1992), Farah (1988), Ankita Raina (1993), and Rhea Chakraborty (1992). After him are Lovlina Borgohain (1997), Reema Kagti (1972), Aditi Sharma (1983), Yuzvendra Chahal (1990), Rishabh Pant (1997), and Kavya Madhavan (1984).

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Among ATHLETES In India

Among athletes born in India, Vijay Kumar ranks 28. Before him are Gagan Narang (1983), Laxmirani Majhi (1989), Deepika Kumari (1994), Hima Das (2000), Lalita Babar (1989), and Rahi Sarnobat (1990). After him are Dutee Chand (1996), Annu Rani (1992), Dola Banerjee (1980), Dipika Pallikal (1991), Vikas Gowda (1983), and Tejaswini Sawant (1980).

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