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| Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 September 1970 Calcutta, West Bengal, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kuheli Gangulee (born 4 September 1970) is an Indian sport shooter who competed in rifle shooting events. She won the bronze medal in the women's 50 m small bore rifle three positions – pairs event at the 1994 Commonwealth Games and the gold medal in the 50 m rifle prone event at the 2016 South Asian Games.
Biography
[edit]Kuheli Gangulee was born 4 September 1970 in Calcutta. She started practising sports shooting at the age of nine, and started competing in professional events in 1986.[1]
Gangulee won the bronze medal in the women's 50 m small bore rifle three positions – pairs event at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, partnering Roopa Unnikrishnan.[2][3] She competed at the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima, finishing 18th in the women's 50 m rifle three positions, 22nd in the women's 50 m rifle prone and 28th in the women's 10 m air rifle. She also competed at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok and the 2002 Asian Games in Busan in the 50 m rifle events. She has also competed in multiple ISSF World Championships and ISSF World Cup events.[1]
At the 2016 South Asian Games in Guwahati, Gangulee won the women's 50 m rifle prone individual event. She also won the gold medal in the team event, partnering with Lajja Gauswami and Anuja Jung.[4] In December 2016, she won the women's 50 m rifle prone title at the 60th National Shooting Championship Competitions in Pune, representing the Central Industrial Security Force. She scored 626.5 points to finish ahead of Tejaswini Sawant and Lajja Gauswami.[5]
Gangulee also worked as a shooting coach, and coached Indian rifle shooter Tejaswini Sawant.[6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Kuheli Gangulee". International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games Victoria, Canada 1994". Indian Olympic Association. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- ↑ "Shooting 50m Rifle 3 Position (Pair) - Women Victoria 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ↑ "Indians dominate SAG shooting". Business Standard. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- ↑ "Kuheli Gangulee wins women's 50m Rifle Prone event at National Shooting Championship". News Nation. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- ↑ "Indians extend help to Oz shooter". Hindustan Times. 5 October 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Indian female sport shooters
- Shooters at the 1994 Asian Games
- Shooters at the 1998 Asian Games
- Shooters at the 2002 Asian Games
- Shooters at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India
- Commonwealth Games medallists in shooting
- Indian police officers
- 20th-century Indian women
- 21st-century Indian women
- South Asian Games gold medalists for India