Amit Sheoran Explained

Amit Sheoran
Fullname:Amit Sheoran
Nationality:Indian
Birth Date:19 February 1978
Birth Place:Angadpur, Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, India
Height:5 Feet 11 Inch
Weight:80 kg
Parents:Rajendar Singh (father)
Country:India
Sport:Pistol shooting
Club:Veer Sahamal Rifle Club by AGSF
Partner:Rajiv Chauhan
Coach:Mahaboob Khan Pathan
Coaching:Since 2009

Amit Sheoran (born 19 February 1978 Angadpur, Baghpat, India) is a pistol shooting coach, who also competed at a national level,[1] He had to leave shooting due to the death of his father.[2] He has produced several national and international-level Indian pistol shooters.[3] He has coached Saurabh Chaudhary.

Early life

From around 1995, Amit Sheoran was coached by Mahboob Khan Pathan and entered state- and national-level events. In the beginning of his career Sheoran have to lose his father and entered in his era of struggle.

Coaching career

In 2009 he started a tin-shed shooting range with five students, one air rifle and an old air pistol.[3] The shed is named after a 1857 anti-British revolutionary.[3] In 2016 the father of an old student gifted a small parcel of land - sufficient to allow a marginally larger shed (16x12 sqm) with, for the first time, a pair of fans.[3]

Journey to Olympics

Shooter Saurabh Chaudhary and Para shooter Deepender Singh took a step forward to shooting games in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. From Tin-Shed Academy to Olympics coach he proved once again and also his shooter represented in World University Games and also Khelo India University games.[4]

Notable Performance

2018

Saurabh Chaudhary became the youngest Indian shooter to win a gold medal at the Asian Games. He participated in the Youth Olympic Games 2018 in Argentina and won gold. He won three golds in the Asian Airgun Championship in 2018:the 10m air pistol competition, the team competition and in the mixed team 10m pistol.[5]

2019

In February he won the gold medal at ISSF World Cup in Delhi.[5]

In April, he participated in Mixed Team 10m pistol with Manu Bhaker and won gold at ISSF World Cup in Beijing

In May he won gold and broke the world and junior records in 10m pistol ISSF World Cup in Munich.[6]

2020

In January 2020, he won 63rd gold at the 63rd National Shooting Championship[7] in men's 10 metre air pistol.[8]

2022

Khelo India University Games, 2022 Bhopal Gold in Men & Women both 10M Pistol Shooting Event.

National Games, 2022[9] [10] [11] Ahemdabad, Gold in women senior 10M Pistol Shooting event.

Pupils and Students

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sharp Shooter - The Sports Stars. Ashish Misra. 23 December 2018. India Today. 11 January 2019.
  2. Web site: Named After a Revolutionary, This Tin Shed in UP Minted a Gold Medallist For India!. Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk. 27 August 2018. The Better India. 11 January 2019.
  3. Web site: How a tin shed in western UP is minting medals. Avijit Ghosh. 26 August 2018. The Times of India. 11 January 2019.
  4. Web site: May 2, 2022 . Biju Babu . Cyriac . Khelo India University Games: Akshdeep Singh sets new mark in 20km walk . 2022-08-06 . The Times of India . en.
  5. News: Shooting World Cup: Saurabh Chaudhary breaks World Record to win 10m air pistol gold, secures Olympic quota – Times of India. The Times of India. 24 February 2019 .
  6. Web site: ISSF World Cup, Munich 2019: Result 10m Air Pistol Men. 5 June 2019. issf-sports.org.
  7. Web site: https://thenrai.in/details.aspx?view=3121. 2021-02-04. thenrai.in.
  8. Web site: Srinivasan. Kamesh. Saurabh Chaudhary wins gold in National Shooting Championship. 6 January 2020. Sportstar. 4 January 2020 . en.
  9. Web site: Nair . Abhijit . 2022-10-02 . Farmer's daughter from Saurabh Chaudhary's academy wins gold at National Games . 2022-10-03 . thebridge.in . en.
  10. Web site: Citynnews . 2022-10-02 . Reluctant pistol shooter Yuvika tops the massive weapons for Nationwide Video games gold . 2022-10-03 . Citynnews . en-US.
  11. Web site: 2022-10-03 . Reluctant pistol shooter Yuvika tops big guns for National Games gold . 2022-10-03 . The Indian Express . en.
  12. Web site: Athlete.
  13. Web site: Kamath . Amit . 2022-10-03 . Yuvika Tomar, groomed by Saurabh Chaudhary's coach, making waves in 10m air pistol . 2022-10-03 . NEWS9LIVE . en.
  14. Web site: 14th Asian Championship Doha 10m AIR PISTOL WOMEN JUNIOR TOMAR Yuvika IND.
  15. Web site: http://www.thenrai.in/details.aspx?view=2852. thenrai.in. 2019-03-08.
  16. Web site: National Shooting Ch'ships: Om Prakash shocks Saurabh Choudhary to win gold. Vinod. A.. Sportstar. 7 December 2018 . en. 2019-03-08.
  17. Web site: ISSF World Cup: Saurabh Chaudhary wins gold with world record, secures Olympic quota. @businessline. 24 February 2019 . en. 2019-03-08.
  18. News: Saurabh Chaudhary wins World Cup gold with a record, clinches Tokyo Olympics berth too. The Times of India. 25 February 2019 . 2019-03-08.
  19. Web site: Deepender Singh wins gold at Para Shooting World Cup. 2017-11-09. Indian Shooting. en-US. 2019-03-08.

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