Neeru Dhanda

Neeru Dhanda (born 25 May 2000) is an Indian sport shooter who competes in trap shooting. She won the women's trap individual and team gold medals at the 2025 Asian Shooting Championships. In 2026, she won the women's trap gold medal at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Lonato del Garda, becoming the first Indian woman to win a World Cup gold medal in the event.

Career Before winning the gold medal at the 2022 National Games, Dhanda competed at the 2022 ISSF World Championships in Osijek, Croatia, where she finished 29th in the women's trap event. She won the gold medal in the women's trap event at the 38th National Games. In August 2025, she won gold medals in the women's trap individual and team events at the 2025 Asian Shooting Championships in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. Later in July 2026, she won the women's trap gold medal at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Lonato del Garda, Italy, becoming the first Indian woman to win a World Cup gold medal in the event.

Military career Dhanda joined the Corps of Military Police after the Indian Army opened rank-and-file recruitment to women. She later became a Naib Subedar and trains at the Army Marksmanship Unit in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh.