Question: Name the only medal winner from India in ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun-2016?
(a) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
(b) Jaspal Rana
(c) Mairaj Ahmad Khan
(d) Sanjeev Rajput
Ans (c)
Related facts:
- ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun-2016 was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 13-25 April 2016.
- The first phase of ISSF World Cup-2016 was hosted by Bangkok (Thailand) the remaining two phases were held in Munich (Germany) and Baku (Azerbaijan) respectively and finals held in Bologna (Italy)
- China topped the medal tally with total 7 medals ( 2 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze).
- The top five medal-winning countries are as following:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Russia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 2 | – | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Spain | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 5 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
- Mairaj Ahmad Khan has won the Silver medal in the skeet event at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Shooting World Cup in Rio de Janeiro.
- Where as Marcus Svensson of Sweaden won the Gold and the bronze medal was won by Tamarro Casandro of Italy.
- India ranked 14th in medals tally of the competition.
- It may be recalled that the Indian shooter Jitu Rai on 4 March 2016 became the only person to win gold (50m pistol) in first phase of the ISSF World Cup in Bangkok.
Reference:
http://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/schedule_by_discipline.ashx?cshipid=1822
http://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/results/detail.ashx?cshipid=1820&eventcode=FP&isjunior=False
http://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHINDM0211197501