Background
Her father Ravindra Sawant was an officer in the Indian Navy. Her father died in February 2010.
Her father Ravindra Sawant was an officer in the Indian Navy. Her father died in February 2010.
She belongs to a Maratha family. She has two younger sisters Anuradha Pitre and Vijaymala Gavali. Both are married. She started her practice under the coaching of Jaisingh Kusale in Kolhapur.
She is training under her personal coach Kuheli Gangulee.
Tejaswini was also appointed as officer on special duty (OSD) in the sports department. Tejasvini Savant got married on 11 February 2016 with Well known Social Figure and Builder by profession Sameer Darekar of Pune
2006 Commonwealth Games
ISSF World Cup and ISSF World Championships
2010 Commonwealth Games.
Tejaswini received the Arjuna award on 29 August 2011. Sawant represented India at the 9th South Asian Sports Federation Games in 2004 in Islamabad where she helped India win gold medal. She was selected to represent India at the 2006 Commonwealth Games ahead of Asian Games gold medallist Anjali Ved Pathak Bhagwat and world record holder Suma Shirur after winning 5 gold medals, 6 silver medals and 5 bronze medals at the national championships. In 2006, she won gold medals in Women"s 10 m Air Rifle singles and Women"s 10 m Air Rifle Pairs (with Avneet Kaur Sidhu) events at the Commonwealth Games at Melbourne. Sawant won a bronze medal in 50 metre rifle three positions at the 2009 ISSF World Cup in Munich. On 8 August 2010 she became the World Champion in the 50m Rifle Prone event in Munich, Germany. She was the first Indian woman shooter to win a gold medal at the World Championships with a world-record equalling score in the 50 m Rifle Prone event. In the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, Sawant won silver in Women"s 50 rifle prone singles and bronze in Women"s 50 m rifle prone pairs (along with Meena Kumari). She also won silver in Women"s 50 m rifle 3 positions event (along with Lajjakumari Goswami) in this competition.
