Pemba Tamang (born 11 March 1980) is an Indian

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. He won the gold medal in the Men's

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(Pairs) with Vijay Kumar and the silver medal in the Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol at the

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. The Indian trio of Pemba Tamang, Vijay Kumar and Gurpreet Singh won the silver medal in the 25m centre fire event at the

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, held at

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. The team scored a total of 1740, two behind gold medalists

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