Deepak Kumar Shooting: Age, Wife, Medals, Asian Games, World Championships

Deepak Kumar Shooter: Born on 5 November 1987, Deepak Kumar is an Indian shooter who won the bronze medal at the 2018 ISSF World Cup in Guadalajara in the 10-metre air rifle mixed team event and has secured India’s 10th Tokyo Olympic quota.

The 32-year old Air rifle star won a bronze medal in November last year in the 10m men’s Air Rifle event at the 14th Asian Shooting Championships held in Doha, Qatar. Celebrating his 32nd birthday, Deepak Kumar could not have hoped for a better gift than a medal around his neck and an Olympic quota. Kumar hails from Delhi and is confident of retaining his spot in the Indian team for the second consecutive Olympic campaign.

Deepak works for the Indian Air Force and keeps striving to improve his game. In the last World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, he had shown signs of improvement and even qualified for the final. But that was not quite enough and Doha had become a make-or-break event for Deepak.

Born: 05 November 1987

Deepak Kumar Age: 33 years

From: Delhi, India

Deepak Kumar Medals and Achievements

Asian Games

• Won Silver medal in 2018 Jakarta-Palembang in 10 m air rifle event

Deepak Kumar ISSF World Cup

• Bronze medal in 2018 Guadalaraja in 10 m air rifle mixed team event

Commonwealth Championships

• Bronze medal in 2017 Brisbane in 10 m air rifle event

Lesser Known Facts

• Deepak Kumar is the second Indian shooter to earn an Olympic quota in the event after Divyansh Singh Panwar.
• Kumar bagged the Olympic quota with a Bronze medal at Asian Shooting Championships
• India has already secured nine Tokyo quotas in rifle and pistol and lies behind China (25 quotas) and Korea (12) in the Asian region
• Deepak Kumar works for Indian Air Force and won the Olympic quota on his 32^nd birthday
• In February 2020, Deepak Kumar’s car – Honda WR-V got stolen when he came to attend his wife’s sister’s wedding. Kumar’s car was parked in the VIP parking of JP Tent House in Keshav Puram.
• In 2018, Kumar’s luggage was stolen from his car kept in Ambedkar Nagar in South Delhi