Honorific Prefix: | Master Chief Petty Officer | ||||
Omkar Singh | |||||
Nationality: | Indian | ||||
Birth Date: | 8 August 1984 | ||||
Birth Place: | Kotma Colliery, Anuppur Madhya Pradesh, India | ||||
Weight: | 700NaN0 | ||||
Country: | India | ||||
Sport: | Shooting | ||||
Club: | Indian Navy | ||||
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Updated: | 7 November 2017 |
Master Chief Petty Officer Omkar Singh (Hindi: ओमकार सिंह, born 8 August 1984) is an Indian sports shooter. He won three gold medals and a silver medal in shooting events at the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi. He hails from Anuppur district of Madhya Pradesh and is currently serving the Indian Navy.[1]
On 5 October 2010, Omkar Singh and Deepak Sharma won a silver medal in the Men's 50 metre pistol pairs at the Commonwealth games. Omkar Singh won his first gold medal in the Men's 50 metre pistol singles on 6 October 2010. The next day, he paired up with Gurpreet Singh to win the gold medal in the Men's 10m Air Pistol (Pairs).[2] On 8 October 2010, he won a gold medal in the Men's 10m Air Pistol (Single).[3]
Omkar Singh belongs to the Kotma Colliery in the Anuppur district of Madhya Pradesh.[4] His father was a teacher in the South Eastern Coal Fields Limited (SECL) School.
In 2012, he was given the Arjuna Award.[5]