Anisa Sayyed

Early life Originally belonging to Khadki, in the Satara district of Pune, Anisa is the daughter of Abdul Hameed Sayyed and is the youngest of four siblings. Her father who was a former club-level football player, used to work as a clerk at Telco. Anisa developed an interest in shooting while training for the National Cadet Corps (NCC), in college.

Career Anisa used to work for the Lady Hawabhai School as a primary teacher. She resigned from her job after being repeatedly denied transfer to her home town (Pune). Anisa won her first gold medal in the 25m pistol event while pairing with Rahi Sarnobat. She also won the silver medal in the women's 25 metre pistol event of the Commonwealth Games at the Barry Buddon Shooting Centre near Glasgow on June 26, 2014. National Coach Sunny Thomas taught her some special techniques before the 2010 commonwealth games. In 2014, she won the silver medal for the 25-metre pistol shooting at the Commonwealth Games at Glasgow. Anisa is supported by Anglian Medal Hunt Company. She set out to create a new national record in 2017 at the National Shooting Championship Competition in the 25m pistol shooting category.

In November 2017, she filed a complaint of harassment against the senior officials at the state sports department where she was employed. She said that her salary was not paid for past two years and neither was her leave for subsequent games duly sanctioned by the authority.

Personal life Anisa is married to Mubarak Khan, and they have a daughter born in 2017. The couple presently live in Faridabad district of Haryana.