| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 1 | 10m Air Rifle | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 700.5 |
| 7 | 10m Air Rifle | 2004 | Athens, GRE | 694.6 |
| 11 | 10m Air Rifle | 2000 | Sydney, NSW, AUS | 590 |
| World Championships | ||||
| 1 | 10m Air Rifle | 2006 | Zagreb, CRO | 699.1 |
| 25 | 10m Air Rifle | 2010 | Munich, GER | 593 |
| Asian Championships | ||||
| 1 | 10m Air Rifle | 2012 | Doha, QAT | 701.1 |
| 2 | 10m Air Rifle | 2011 | Kuwait City, KUW | 697.6 |
Nickname
Abhi. (Athlete, 01 Feb 2000)
Hobbies
Golf, tennis and hiking. (issf-sports.org, 09 Nov 2010)
Occupation
Business Owner
Education
Business Management - University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Language(s) spoken
English
Coach
Gabriele Buhlmann (SUI) (hotgurgaon.com, 11 Aug 2009)
Handedness
Right (issf-sports.org, 09 Nov 2010)
Sporting relatives
Competed in archery as a young boy. (Tribune India, 01 Apr 2006)
Debut
1997 (issf-sports.org, 09 Nov 2010)
Injuries
A niggling back injury in 2006 kept him out of action for months and he missed the Doha Asian Games. It was a spinal injury caused by ligament overstretching in the lumbodorsal region. (nilacharal.com, 08 Jul 2009; Sports in MSN, 08 Jul 2009)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
He began the sport at the age of 15 in India. (news.oneindia.in, 28 Sep 2010)
Reason for taking up this sport
His father said that his son hated hockey, the sport that his grandfather Colonel Bir Singh had played alongside Dhyanchand, the wizard of the sport. He then spotted his son's talent for marksmanship at an early age and took him to Lt Col JS Dhillon, a coach and former national shooter. (Times of India, 11 Aug 2008)
Training
He does seven hours of shooting and two hours of stretching and jogging per day. For mental training, he closes his eyes and visualises himself shooting. (Times of India, 11 Aug 2008; takath.com, 08 Jul 2009; iloveindia.com, 09 Nov 2010; CNBC-TV18, 08 Jul 2009)
Hero
Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. (blogs.wsj.com, 02 Nov 2011)
Most influential person in career
His parents. (Athlete, 01 Feb 2000)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"For a shooter, all skill lies in concentration." (Education Sify, 28 Feb 2002)
Awards
He received the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award in 2001 given by the Government of Punjab for excellence and achievement in the service of Punjab in sport. (abhinavbindra.com, 08 Jul 2009)
In 2001 he was the youngest recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, India's highest national recognition for sportsmen and women. (abhinavbindra.com, 09 Nov 2010)
He was INDTV's ndian Sportsman of the year by in 2008. (abhinavbindra.com, 09 Nov 2010)
He was awarded the Diploma of Honour by the International Sports Shooting Federation in 2000. (Nriol 28 Jun 2001)
He received an Arjuna Award for 2000, India's second highest national recognition for sportsmen and women. (abhinavbindra.com, 09 Nov 2010)
He was the first runner for the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay. (abhinavbindra.com, 09 Nov 2010)
General
BOOK
With the help of a sportswriter, he wrote an autobiography titled, 'A Shot at History'. He said: "After I won in Beijing I chatted with a lot of Indian athletes and they were interested and keen to know what I did. They all thought that I had some sort of secret for success, but I just wanted them to understand and realise that the biggest secret is: there is no secret. First of all it's down to a lot of work and a lot of effort that you have to put in to achieve your goals. (blogs.wsj.com, 02 Nov 2011)
NATIONAL FIRST
He was the youngest shooter to compete at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and also became the youngest person ever to represent India at an Olympic Games. After winning India's first individual gold medal in at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, he decided to retire from shooting. But, after 18 months away, and some intense meditation, he decided to return. (blogs.wsj.com, 02 Nov 2011; Dimdima, 26 Feb 2002)
WILLIAM TELL
When he was seven, he placed an empty bottle on the head of one of his domestic maids, took aim and, before anyone could notice, fired the airgun. He was too young to understand the dangerous implication of his act. (Times of India, 11 Aug 2008)
BUSINESSMAN
He is the CEO of Abhinav Futuristics, the sole distributor of Walther arms in India and is also the director of Abhinav Hotels and Inns Pvt. Ltd. (abhinavbindra.com, 08 Jul 2009)
CONTROVERSY
He was thought to have been the victim of a scoring error when he failed to qualify for the final of the Guangzhou Asian Games in 2010, with a score of nine incorrectly marked as a seven. (bbc.co.uk, 21 Dec 2010)
CRITICAL
He has spoken out at the lack of funding and interest in Olympic sport within India. "There are a variety of reasons why we haven't won gold medals before [he won in 2008]. I will say it has something to do also with our [sports] culture. In the last many years I don't think many young people got into a [Olympic] sport and stuck with it for a long period of time. One of the reasons is that it is not lucrative enough, very few people invest in Olympic sports. To stand up to worldwide competition, we need a very strong set-up at home that produces athletes right from the beginner's level and has the sustained back-up for the same athlete to finally go and win an Olympic medal. And over the last many years I think this is perhaps one thing that has been lacking." (timesofindia.com, 02 Jul 2011)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008, Athens 2004, Sydney 2000
