Tika Shrestha Explained

Tika Ram Shrestha (born 2 September 1964 in Kathmandu) is a Nepalese sport shooter.^[1] He has been selected to compete for Nepal in air rifle shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing in the penultimate position out of 47 shooters.^[2]

Shrestha qualified as a sole shooter for the Nepalese team in the men's 10 m air rifle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He had been granted an Olympic invitation for his country by ISSF and IOC, having registered a minimum qualifying score of 570 at the ISSF World Cup meet in Bangkok, Thailand few months earlier.^{[2] [3]} A less experienced to the international scene, Shrestha showed much of his strength to shoot 579 points out of a possible 600 for the penultimate position in a 47-shooter field, failing to advance further to the final.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Tika Shrestha. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418110526/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/tika-shrestha-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 27 August 2015.
2. Web site: ISSF Profile – Tika Shrestha. ISSF. 27 August 2015.
3. Web site: Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification . . Majority Sports . 10 . 21 July 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150722132244/http://www.majority-sport.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/home/msp/pages/docs/OQ04/Shooting_OQ_v2.pdf . 22 July 2015 .
4. Web site: Shooting: Men's 10m Air Rifle Prelims. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. 31 January 2013.