# Tika Shrestha

_Nepalese sports shooter_

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Last updated: 2026-10-31

> Tika Ram Shrestha (born 2 September 1964 in Kathmandu) is a Nepalese sport shooter. 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.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 1 June 1964 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21066257#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Kathmandu ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21066257#P19))
- **Citizenship:** Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21066257#P27))
- **Occupation:** athlete; sport shooter ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21066257#P106))

## About

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. 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.

## Questions

**When was Tika Shrestha born?**  
Tika Shrestha was born on 1 June 1964 in Kathmandu.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Tika Shrestha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tika_Shrestha) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q21066257](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21066257) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

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## Cite this page

"Tika Shrestha". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/tika-shrestha. Retrieved 14 November 2026.