In the 25-metre centre fire pistol singles, he finished second winning a silver, losing out to fellow Indian Harpreet Singh. Kumar won the Silver Medal in the 25 m rapid fire pistol event at 2012 London Olympics. He finished with an average score of 9.767 and had a score of 293 with 7 inner 10s in the first stage. Vijay's silver was the second medal for India at London 2012. Earlier Kumar failed to qualify for the men's 10 m air pistol finals after finishing 31st on 28 July 2012. Kumar was chosen to be the Indian flagbearer at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The Indian trio of Vijay Kumar, Pemba Tamang and Gurpreet Singh won the silver medal in the 25m center fire event at the 2014 Asian Games, held at Incheon, South Korea. The team scored a total of 1740, two behind gold medalists China. Later career Vijay Kumar retired from the army in 2017, after 15 years of service. As of 2019, he is finishing a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Manav Rachna University in Faridabad, and has been offered a direct-entry position as deputy superintendent of police (DSP) by the Himachal Pradesh state government. Performance timelines 25 metre rapid fire pistol 25 metre center-fire pistol 25-metre standard pistol 10 metre air pistol Awards and recognition Arjuna Award (2007) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (2012) Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (2013) Padma Shri (2013) For winning the silver medal at 2012 London Olympics: Promotion from subedar to subedar-major on 12 August 2012. cash award by the Government of Himachal Pradesh by the Government of Rajasthan. Medal bar References External links http://www.indianshooting.com Kumar's profile at ISSF Vijay Kumar Opentalk with Ashwani Jain A blogpost on Vijay Kumar posted just before he won the Silver medal at the London Olympics 2012 Indian male sport shooters ISSF pistol shooters Living people Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India Shooters at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Recipients of the Arjuna Award Shooters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games People from Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh People from Mhow Sport shooters from Himachal Pradesh Asian Games medalists in shooting Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters of India Indian Army officers 1985 births Olympic silver medalists for India Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Khel Ratna Award Shooters at the 2006 Asian Games Shooters at the 2010 Asian Games Shooters at