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Aditi Singh Rana (born 15 May 1996, in New Delhi, India) is an Indian shooter who competes in the 10 metre air rifle, 50 meter rifle three positions, and 50 meter rifle prone events. Aditi has been a part of the Indian Shooting Team since 2014. She has represented India at the World University Games 2015 and World University Championship 2016.
At the ISSF Jr. World Cup held in Gabala, Azerbaijan, 2016 she won the Bronze medal in Team Category in the 50 meter rifle three positions women event.
She represents the state of Haryana and at the 60th National Shooting Championship,Pune,2016 she became National Champion in the event 50m 3-Position Jr. Women Event. She won a total of 6 medals in the same National Championship held at Pune.
She also became the All-India University Champion for the year 2016, where she won 2 gold Medals. She has also captained her College Shooting Team at St.Stephen's College, Delhi University.
Early life
Aditi was born to Karan Singh Rana and his wife Lekha Chauhan in New Delhi on 15 May 1996. Her father is a retired Govt. Servant, and her mother continues to be in service for the Delhi Police. She did her schooling from DPS International, Saket, New Delhi, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History from St. Stephen's College, Delhi. She took to shooting during the summer break of 12th standard in the end of the year 2012.
Career
In the 60th National Shooting Championship, 2016 held at Pune, Maharashtra she went onto become National Champion in 3-Position Jr.Women event and bagged 4th place in 3-Position Jr.Women. Also, she won Senior Civilian Gold in 3-Pos women, and 2 silvers and 1 bronze for Haryana State in Team Medal Category.
In the same year, she also became All-India University Champion, 2016 in the 10 meter air rifle event with a score of 399/400.
At the ISSF World Cup Gabala, Azerbaijan 2016, Aditi won the Bronze Medal in 3-position Women event alongside Gayaathri and Sonika, her teammates.
During the year she also represented India at the ISSF World Cup held in Suhl, Germany; 25th Meeting of Shooting Hopes held in Plzen, Czech Republic and FISU World University Shooting Championship, Bydgoszcz, Poland.