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Avneet Kaur Sidhu, an Indian Shooter, was born on 11.12.1981 at Bathinda. She did her schooling from St. Joseph Convent School at Bathinda. When she was perusing her B.C.A. from Dashmesh Girls College, Badal, she started showing her talent in shooting in 2001. In 2005, she completed her Masters degree in English Literature and started working as Assistant Manager in Air India. After that she won various medals in National and International Events. In August 2006, winning an Olympic quota for India in the 49th World Shooting Championship held at Zagreb (Croatia), she became the sixth sportsperson (shooting) of the country to book a quota place in the Olympic Games 2006 Beijing, China. Among the long tally of her achievements, a bronze medal that she won in the 15th Asian Games held at Doha (Qatar) in 2006, a bronze in the 11th Asian Shooting Championship held in Kuwait and a gold medal in AISL Australia Cup II held at Sydney in March 2008 are the major ones. She also represented India in the 12th World Cup. She scored 397 out of 400 in the World Championship, 2006 and earned an Olympic quota place for India. She is the first woman shooter from Punjab to represent India in the Beijing Olympic Games, 2008 and the first woman shooter from Punjab to win the Commonwealth and Asian Games medals. Recipient of Punjab State Award, she was conferred with the Arjuna Award and the Punjab Government offered her the post of DSP in Punjab Police. Her unique contribution in the field of shooting makes her a role model. She is married to S. Rajpal Singh, the former Indian Hockey Captain and the couple is living with a child at Bathinda.