Introduction – Neeru Dhanda was born on May 25 in the year 2000 in Jind in the state of Maharashtra. She is an Indian shooter who contests in trap shooting in several game tournaments. Neeru Dhanda won the women’s trap individual and team gold medals in the Asian Shooting Championships in Shymkent in Kazakhstan in the year 2025. She belongs to Jind district, in the state of Haryana and her family members moved from Jind to Shivpuri, in the state of Madhya Pradesh, when she later took up shooting. Neeru Dhanda also joined the Corps of Military Police and became a Naib Subedar and trains at the Army Marksmanship Unit in Mhow, in the state of Madhya Pradesh.
In the past, she taken an interest in shooting events after watching her maternal cousin Lakshay Sheoran to win the silver medal in the men’s trap event in the Asian Games in Jakarta in Indonesia in the year 2018. Firstly, she started practiced to shoot at tin cans by using family-owned double-barrel gun and after that trained with maternal cousin Lakshay Sheoran. Neeru Dhanda won the gold medal women’s trap at the ISSF Shotgun and became the first Indian woman shooter to win the gold medal World Cup Lonato de Garda in the year 2026. Neeru Dhanda also won 3 medals including 2 gold medals and 1 silver in the trap shooting at the Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Japan, which is one of the best performances for India.
Achievements – Neeru Dhanda was placed in the first position with the score of 28 points or hits and won the historic gold medal in the women’s trap shooting event at the Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Japan. Neeru Dhanda also set a new record with 28 hits in the Asian Games. After winning the gold medal, Neeru Dhanda become the first Indian player to win the gold medal in the women’s trap shooting individual event at the Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Japan. Neeru Dhanda and Kynan Chenai won the final match 34-32 against Qatar and won the gold medal in the mixed trap team shooting event at the Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Japan. She won the first-ever gold medal in the mixed trap team shooting event in the Asian Games after getting the gold medal.
Neeru Dhanda, Aashima Ahlawat, and Manisha Keer was placed in the second position with the cumulative score of 328 points and won the silver medal in the women’s trap team shooting event at the Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Japan. Neeru Dhanda also won 3 medals including 2 gold medals and 1 silver in the trap shooting at the Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Japan, which is one of the best performances for India. She also won the gold medal in the women’s trap shooting event and became the first Indian woman shooter to win a gold medal ISSF World Cup in Lonato del Garda in the year 2026.
Earlier, Neeru Dhanda won the gold medal in the women’s trap shooting individual event at the Asian Championships Shymkent in the year 2025 She also won the gold in the women’s trap shooting team event event at the Asian Championships Shymkent in the year 2025.
