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Skeet shooter Raiza Dhillon to debut at Asian Games 2026
Raiza Dhillon is a young sport shooter from India.
She is 22 years old and comes from a family where guns were always part of home life.
Her father asked her to try shooting just for fun, and she ended up loving it.
She first learned to shoot with rifles and switched to skeet shooting in 2019.
In skeet shooting, athletes use shotguns to hit clay targets flying through the air.
Raiza competed in the Paris Olympics and finished 23rd.
Now she has been picked for the Indian team for the Asian Games in Japan in September.
This will be her first Asian Games.
She will compete in the women's skeet events alongside two other Indian shooters.
Her parents and the camps arranged by the national shooting federation have helped her improve.
Raiza Dhillon, a 22-year-old Paris Olympian from Panchkula, has been selected for the Asian Games 2026-bound Indian shooting team and will make her continental debut in Japan in September.
She will compete in the women's skeet events alongside compatriots Parinaz Dhaliwal and Maheshwari Chauhan.
Dhillon grew up in Shamgarh village near Karnal, Haryana, and started shooting at the insistence of her father, Ravijit Singh Dhillon.
She switched from rifle to skeet in 2019, winning team gold at the World Junior Championships in Lima in 2021 and individual silver at the World Junior Championships in Changwon in 2023.
In the Asian Games selection trials, Dhaliwal averaged 116.5, Dhillon 114.75, and Chauhan 113.75.
- Who
- Raiza Dhillon, a 22-year-old skeet shooter from Panchkula and a Paris Olympics participant.
- What
- She was selected for the Asian Games 2026-bound Indian shooting team and will make her continental debut in the women's skeet events, alongside Parinaz Dhaliwal and Maheshwari Chauhan.
- Where
- Japan (host of the Asian Games); Dhillon grew up in Shamgarh village near Karnal, Haryana, India.
- When
- September 2026, at the Asian Games 2026.
- Why
- She earned selection through the NRAI selection trials and criteria process, averaging 114.75, building on achievements that include earning India's Paris Olympics quota.
Key facts
- Name
- Raiza Dhillon
- Age
- 22 years
- Sport
- Skeet shooting
- Asian Games
- 2026, Japan, September
- Paris Olympics finish
- 23rd in women's skeet
- Selection trial average
- 114.75
- Coach
- Riccardo Filippelli
- Switched to skeet
- 2019
Quotes
Raiza Dhillon
Indian skeet shooter and Paris Olympian
““We always had guns at home. It’s part of our family heritage. My father wanted me to try shooting just for fun, to see if I’d build an interest. That’s what really got me started… My parents and coach thought it wasn’t the right time yet, so I trained on rifle first… before making the switch.””
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““There’s something about shooting a shotgun that gives you this empowerment. Even after all these years, it still gives me a thrill. It’s changed my confidence and my whole approach to life.””
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