FULL NAME: Mohit Kumar Paswan
GENDER: Male
DATE OF BIRTH: Date not known
PARENTS: Father (Anil Kumar Paswan), Mother (?)
ORIGINAL HOME ADDRESS: Darbhanga, Bihar, India
PRESENT ADDRESS: Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Studied at KIIT School Of Computer Engineering. Earlier studied at Abhinav Bharti High School, Kolkata; Delhi Public School, Nalco Nagar, Angul and St Josephs High School.
TRAINING PLACE: Not known
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Not known
TEAMS REPRESENTED: Khordha District and Odisha State

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Won the Gold medal in Senior Men 10m Air Rifle (ISSF) event of the 12th Odisha State Shooting Chamionship, held in Bhubaneswar from 20 to 23 July 2023.
*     Won the Bronze medal in senior men 10m air rifle (peep sight) event of the 8th Odisha State Shooting Championship, held at Bhubaneswar from July 26 to 30, 2018.

NATIONAL:
*     Won the Bronze medal in deaf men category of the 66th National Shooting Championship Competitions at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range in Delhi on 24 November 2023.
*     Won the Gold medal in 10m Rifle deaf category of the 21st Kumar Surendra Singh Memorial Shooting Championship in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on 17 June 2023.
*     Won the Gold medal in deaf category of the 011 India Open Competitions (Air Weapons), held at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range, New Delhi from 16-22 May 2023.
*     Won the Silver medal in air rifle deaf category of the 011 India Open Competition 2023 (Air Weapons) at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range, New Delhi on 7 March 2023.
*     Won the Bronze medal in 10m Air Rifle event of the National Deaf Shooting Championship, held in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh from 15-19 Feb 2023.
*     Won the Bronze medal in 10m rifle deaf men event at the 65th National Shooting Championship in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on 30 November 2022.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     He was felicitated with the State Award for Best Sportsperson with Disability (Male) 2023 and a cheque of Rs 25,000 by the Department of Social Security & Empowerment, Govt of Odisha in Bhubaneswar on 3 December 2023.
*     Received National award for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DIVYANGJAN-2018) from Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu, in recognition of his outstanding performance as role model among persons with disabilities in the category of hearings impairment in 2022.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: August 2, 2018
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 4 December 2023