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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. Vijay Kumar is supported by the Olympic Gold Quest initiative. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Vijay Kumar is the 6,585th most popular athlete (down from 6,482nd in 2024), the 1,678th most popular biography from India (down from 1,665th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Indian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Vijay Kumar ranks 6,585 out of 6,025. Before him are Vincenzo Mangiacapre, Stephanie Schiller, Hanna Skydan, Daniele Meucci, Kirill Denisov, and Tessa Parkinson. After him are Daniel Havel, Rudolf Dombi, Stanislav Horuna, Hanna Huskova, Adrian Gomboc, and Nikolay Kruglov Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Vijay Kumar ranks 1,533. Before him are Kasper Winther Jørgensen, Dušan Savić, Hideaki Takeda, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Daniele Meucci, and Tony Jeffries. After him are José Fernando Cuadrado, Eric Radford, Vijender Singh, Yuki Tamura, Jesper Hansen, and Joe Flacco.

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In India

Among people born in India, Vijay Kumar ranks 1,678 out of 1,861. Before him are U. Srinivas (1969), Jasprit Bumrah (1993), Mukesh Tiwari (1969), Deepti Bhatnagar (1967), Avneet Kaur (2001), and Sanjay Kumar (1976). After him are Harsimrat Kaur Badal (1966), Rana Daggubati (1984), Vijender Singh (1985), Savitha Sastry (1969), Javagal Srinath (1969), and Mohit Sharma (1978).

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Among ATHLETES In India

Among athletes born in India, Vijay Kumar ranks 31. Before him are Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (1994), Shiny Abraham (1965), Gagan Narang (1983), Krishna Poonia (1977), Dola Banerjee (1980), and Ravi Kumar Dahiya (1997). After him are Bobby Aloysius (1974), Jyotirmoyee Sikdar (1969), Manu Bhaker (2002), Dutee Chand (1996), Kavita Tungar (1985), and Atanu Das (1992).

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