Karan Singh Gurjar Explained

Karan Singh Gurjar
Full Name:Karan Singh Gurjar
Birth Date:3 April 1999
Birth Place:Alwar, Rajasthan, India
Residence:Orléans, France[1]
Weapon:Sabre
Hand:Right-handed
Highest Rank:60 (February 2023)[2]
Current Rank:83 (October 2024)
Fieranking:83
Show-Medals:yes
Fie Id:31612

Karan Singh Gurjar (born 3 April 1999) is an Indian sabre fencer.[3] He has won a gold and a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Championships.[4] Gurjar is also a double gold medalist at the South Asian Games.[5]

At the junior level, he was won multiple medals at Commonwealth Championships and the Asian Championships.[6]

Early life

Gurjar started his career in 2010 when an athletics coach from the Army Institute of Pune introduced him to fencing.[7] He joined the Indian Navy through the sports quota in 2019.[8]

Achievements

TBA

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: On the rise: Gurjar dreams of fencing glory . Hindustan Times.
  2. Web site: Fencing: Karan Singh upsets World No. 7 at Men's Sabre World Cup . 2024-10-06 . Khel Now . en-us.
  3. Web site: Mukherjee . Souvik . 2024-04-27 . Indian fencer Karan Singh Gurjar upsets second seed in Olympic Qualifiers to enter final, one step away from Paris Berth . 2024-10-06 . Inside Sport India . en.
  4. Web site: PTI . 2022-07-16 . Fencing World Championships: India's Karan Singh beats 14th seed in first round, to face World No. 4 next . 2024-10-06 . sportstar.thehindu.com . en.
  5. Web site: Katoch . Bikash Chand . 2023-07-11 . Top 5 Indian fencers to watch out for at Asian Games 2022 . 2024-10-07 . The Bridge - Home of Indian Sports . en.
  6. News: Fencing is India's next lunge at Olympic medal . 2024-10-07 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
  7. Web site: Promising Indian fencer Karan Singh Gurjar eyes history with Paris Olympics qualification . 2024-10-06 . Khel Now . en-us.
  8. Web site: Raj . Pritish . 2023-10-31 . Fencer Karan Singh shrugs off Asian Games snub to focus on Olympics . 2024-10-07 . The Bridge - Home of Indian Sports . en.