Education
Sandhu was educated at the Lawrence School, Sanawar.
Sandhu was educated at the Lawrence School, Sanawar.
He is a 3 time Olympian, having represented India at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the 2012 London Olympic Games. He is former World Number.1 ranked Trap Shooter. He belongs to the village of Ratta Khera in the district of Firozpur, Punjab.
At the 2008 Olympics he finished in 12th place, having finished tied 19th at the 2004 Olympics.
As of 2 April 2010, he is ranked #3 in the world. His highest ranking has been World #1 in 2006.
His career in shooting started early and his interest developed mainly due to his father Gurbir Singh Sandhu who is an Olympian and Arjuna Awardee, His education is from the Lawrence School Sanawar. He further has studied at the YPS Chandigarh, DPS New Delhi and the Venkateswara College, Delhi University.
He holds the Asian Record of 124/125 Targets.
He is a Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardee in 2006 and Arjuna Awardee in 1998. He won the gold medal at the 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships, becoming the first Indian shotgun shooter to be crowned World Champion. He has won four silver medals at 1998 Asian Games, 2002 Asian Games and 2006 Asian Games. He won the gold medal at 1998 Commonwealth Games and the bronze medal in the trap event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He has won six gold medals at the Asian Clay Shooting Championships. In 2010, he won the Commonwealth Shooting Championship gold and the very next week won gold at the World Cup 2010 in Mexico. He was awarded Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award for 2006–2007, Indian"s highest honour given for achievements in sports. He won the Gold Medal at the World Cup 2014, Tucson,United States of America,on 11 April 2014.
