Sarabjot Singh Explained

Sarabjot Singh
Birth Date:2001 9, df=yes
Education:DAV College, Chandigarh
Birth Place:Dheen village of Ambala, Barara block, Haryana, India
Residence:chandigarh
Other Names:Golu
Nationality:Indian
Occupation:Shooter
Country:India
Sport:Shooting
Event:10 meter air pistol

Sarabjot Singh (born 30 September 2001) is an Indian sport shooter who specializes in the 10 m air pistol discipline. He is an Olympic medallist, having won a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event alongside Manu Bhaker.[1] [2]

Early life and education

Sarabjot hails from a Jatt sikh family of Dheen village of Ambala, Barara block, Haryana.[3] He is the son of Jatinder Singh, a farmer and Hardeep Kaur, a homemaker.[4] He studied at DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh.[5] He trains under coach Abhishek Rana at the Ambala Cantt-based AR Shooting Academy in Central Phoenix Club.

Career

Singh is part of the Indian shooting team at the 2022 Asian Games, Hangzhou, China.[6] Indian 10m air pistol team of Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Singh Cheema and Shiva Narwal beat China to win the gold at the 2022 Asian Games.[7] Sarabjot also won the silver medal for India in the mixed 10m air pistol with Divya T.S. in the Asian Games shooting competitions.[8] [9] [10]

Earlier in 2021, he won the gold in both the individual and team events of the World Championships. In 2019, he won gold in the ISSF Junior World Cup.

He won the bronze medal in 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event with Manu Bhaker.[11]

References

  1. News: 2024-07-30 . Paris Olympics: Another Olympic medal for Manu Bhaker as she wins 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event bronze-medal match with Sarabjot Singh . 2024-07-31 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
  2. Web site: 2024-07-30 . Olympic Games Paris 2024 Highlights Day 4: Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot Singh Win Bronze, Archer Bhajan Shines Olympics News . 2024-07-31 . NDTVSports.com . en.
  3. Web site: 2024-07-30 . Who is Sarabjot Singh? Shooter who clinched Bronze at Paris Olympics 2024 with Manu Bhaker . 2024-07-31 . Business Today . en.
  4. Web site: 2023-09-29 . Sarabjot adds another feather in DAV College's cap with team shooting gold at Asiad . 2023-11-19 . Hindustan Times . en.
  5. Web site: https://adanisportsline.com/garv-hai/sarabjot-singh . 2023-09-30 . adanisportsline.com.
  6. Web site: 2023-09-24 . Indian shooters at Asian Games: Events, key dates, format and rules . 2023-09-28 . ESPN . en.
  7. Web site: Asian Games 2023: Shooters Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Singh Cheema And Shiva Narwal Power India To 6th Gold, Win 10m Air Pistol Team Event . 2023-09-28 . Zee News . en.
  8. Web site: 2023-09-30 . Sarabjot, Divya get silver after losing thriller to China, Indian shooters bag their 19th medal at Asian Games 2023 . 2023-09-30 . Hindustan Times . en.
  9. Web site: 2023-09-30 . Asian Games 2023: Shooters Sarabjot Singh, Divya TS Add Silver Medal To India's Medal Tally . 2023-09-30 . English Jagran . en.
  10. Web site: Sportstar . Team . 2023-09-28 . Indian shooters clinch gold in 10m air pistol team event at Asian Games 2023 . 2023-09-28 . Sportstar . en.
  11. Web site: Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot Singh win bronze as India shoots second Olympic medal. India Today.

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