Elavenil Valarivan () is an Indian

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from Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. Elavenil represented India at the

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and won a gold medal. She clinched silver in 2019 World University Games, after which she won gold at the 2019 World Junior World Cup. She has won first at 2019 ISSF 10-meter Air Rifle world cup on 28 August scoring 251.7 in Rio de Jenerio. She is also Arjuna Awardee (2022). Elavenil finished fourth in the finals at the

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in Munich, Shooting World Cup 2019 with a score of 208.3. At the 10m air rifle Asian Air Gun Championships in Taoyuan, Taipei, she clinched her first individual gold medal in the senior category with a score of 250.5. She also won two junior World Cup gold and a silver at juniors' 2018 World Championships.

International competition

Olympics

Junior World Cup

;10 Meter Air Rifle

World Championship

Junior World Cup

;10 Meter Air Rifle ;Mixed Team

World Cup

;10 Meter Air Rifle

Awards

*Ficci India Sports Award 2020. *Arjuna Award - 2022

Personal life

Valarivan was born on 2 August 1999 in

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and lives in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Valarivan, Elavenil Indian female sport shooters Living people Tamil sportspeople 1999 births Shooters at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games shooters for India Sportswomen from Tamil Nadu Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for India Recipients of the Arjuna Award FISU World University Games gold medalists for India FISU World University Games silver medalists for India Summer World University Games medalists in shooting Medalists at the 2021 Summer Universiade