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First Indian to be elected ISSF’s vice-president
December 4 , 2018
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- Raninder Singh became the first Indian to be elected as the vice-president of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF).
- The elections were held during the General Assembly meeting of ISSF in Munich.
- The 51-year-old Raninder is currently the president of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI).
- Vladimir Lisin, of Russia was elected as the 7th president of ISSF and Alexander Rather was elected as the new secretary general of ISSF in the same General Assembly meeting.
- Also, Indian Shooter and 2008 Olympic gold medalist, Abhinav Bindrawas honoured with the prestigious Blue Cross, the highest recognition of the ISSF in the meeting.
- He is the first Indian to be conferred with shooting’s highest award now.
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