Divya T. S. Explained

Divya Thadigol Subbaraju (born 14 August 1995) is an Indian sport shooter from Karnataka. She competes in the ISSF 10 meter air pistol discipline. She became the National Champion in 10m Air Pistol 2022. She was part of the Indian shooting team at the Asian Games, Hangzhou, China and won 2 Silver medals.

Early life

Divya hails from Bengaluru and trains under coach Manjunath Patagar. She played basketball initially but shifted to shooting. While training at Bhopal for the National selection trials, Divya met with a freak accident and injured herself. But despite the blurred vision and pain she returned to regular practice and made it to the Indian team for the Cairo event in 2023.^[1]

Career

• 2022: In December, Divya won her first women's 10m air pistol National title at the 65th National Shooting Championship at the MP Academy Shooting range in Bhopal.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}
• 2023: In March she came fifth in the World Cup at Bhopal. She took part in the 10m Air Pistol mixed team event and women's individual event.^[6]
• 2023: In May, she won a gold along with Sarabjot Singh in the 10m Air Pistol mixed team event at the ISSF World Cup at Baku, Azerbaijan.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Administrator . 2022-04-01 . Battling blurred vision after road accident, Divya TS impresses at Selection Trials . 2023-09-27 . en-US.
2. Web site: Arora . Sumit . 2022-12-14 . Divya TS won gold in women's air pistol National Shooting Championship 2022 . 2023-09-27 . adda247 . en-IN.
3. News: 2022-12-12 . Divya TS crowned women's air pistol national champion . The Times of India . 2023-09-27 . 0971-8257.
4. Web site: ANI . 2022-12-12 . Karnataka shooter Divya crowned women's air pistol national champion . 2023-09-27 . ThePrint . en-US.
5. Web site: 2022-12-13 . NSCC-2022: कर्नाटक की दिव्या बनी विमेंस एयर पिस्टल नेशनल चैंपियन, मनु भाकर बनी जूनियर चैंपियन . 2023-09-27 . Jagranjosh.com.
6. News: 2023-05-12 . ISSF World Cup: Divya and Sarabjot win 10m Air Mixed Team Pistol Gold . The Times of India . 2023-09-27 . 0971-8257.
7. Web site: Nalwala . Ali Asgar . 2023-05-11 . ISSF World Cup Baku 2023: India's Sarabjot Singh-Divya TS strike gold medal in 10m air pistol mixed team . 2023-09-27 . www.olympics.com.