Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore AVSM OLY
Cabinet Minister Government of Rajasthan
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 December 2023
Governor	Haribhau Bagade
Chief Minister	Bhajan Lal Sharma
Ministry and Departments	Industry and Commerce Information Technology and Communication Youth Affairs and Sports Skill Planning and Entrepreneurship Sainik Welfare
Preceded by	Shakuntala Rawat
Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 December 2023 (2023-12-03)
Preceded by	Lalchand Kataria
Constituency	Jhotwara
Majority	147,913 (47.75%)
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports
In office 3 September 2017 – 30 May 2019
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Vijay Goel
Succeeded by	Kiren Rijiju
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Information and Broadcasting
In office 9 November 2014 – 24 May 2018
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
In office 24 May 2018 - 6 December 2023 – 24 May 2019
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Smriti Irani
Succeeded by	Prakash Javadekar
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 16 May 2014 (2014-05-16) – 2023
Preceded by	Lalchand Kataria
Succeeded by	Rao Rajendra Singh
Constituency	Jaipur Rural
Majority	332,896 (32.84%)
Personal details
Born	(1970-01-29) 29 January 1970 (age 54) Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Spouse	Gayatri Rathore ​ (m. 1997)​ [1]
Children	2
Alma mater	National Defence Academy, Pune Indian Military Academy, Dehradun
Military service
Allegiance	India
Branch/service	Indian Army
Years of service	1990 – 2013
Rank	Colonel
Unit	9th Grenadiers
Battles/wars	Kargil War, CI/CT operations in J&K [3]
Awards	Padma Shri Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Khel Ratna Award
Sports career
Sport	Shooting
Event	Double trap
Medal record Men's shooting[4] Representing  India Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games – 1 – Commonwealth Games 3 1 – Asian Games - 1 1 World Shotgun Championship - - 1 ISSF World Shooting Championship 1 1 2 Asian Clay Target Championship 5 - - Total 9 4 4 Olympic Games 2004 Athens Double trap Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester Double trap individual 2002 Manchester Double trap pairs 2006 Melbourne Double trap individual 2006 Melbourne Double trap pairs Asian Games 2006 Doha Double trap teams 2006 Doha Double trap World Shotgun Championship 2003 Cyprus Double trap individual ISSF World Shooting Championship 2006 Granada Double trap individual 2004 Sydney Double trap individual 2006 Cairo Double trap individual 2003 New Delhi Double trap individual Asian Clay Target Championship 2003 New Delhi Double trap individual 2004 Bangkok Double trap individual 2005 Bangkok Double trap individual 2006 Singapore Double trap individual 2011 Kuala Lumpur Double trap individual
Minister of State 24 May 2018 – 24 May 2019: Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Information and Broadcasting 3 September 2017 – 24 May 2019:Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports 9 November 2014 – 24 May 2018: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (born 29 January 1970) is an Indian politician, Olympic medallist in shooting and retired colonel in the Indian Army. He is serving as a cabinet minister at the Industry & Commerce, Youth Affairs & Sports Department in the Government of Rajasthan since December 2023. Rathore was a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Jaipur Rural seat since 2014 till 2023.

He won 25 international medals at various championships for Double Trap Shooting including a silver medal at 2004 Summer Olympics in Men's Double Trap event.^[5]

Rathore served as a commissioned officer in The Grenadiers regiment of the Indian Army before retiring in 2013 as a colonel. Following his retirement from the army and shooting,he also acted in some advertisements and tv shows after that he later became a member of the parliament for the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2014.

In November 2014, was made the Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting.^[6] Rathore served as a Cabinet minister with independent charge for Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports from 2017^[7] until 2019.^[8]