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Sarabjot Singh

Sarabjot Singh
Singh in 2024
Personal information
Nationality Indian
Born (2001-09-30) 30 September 2001 (age 23)[1]
Ambala, Barara, Haryana, India
Alma materDAV College, Chandigarh
Sport
SportShooting
Event10 m air pistol
Medal record
Men's 10 m air pistol shooting
Representing  India
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 1
World Cup 3 0 0
Asian Games 1 1 0
Asian Championships 0 1 1
Junior World Championships 2 0 0
Junior World Cup 2 2 0
Junior Asian Championships 2 0 0
Total 10 4 2
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Mixed Team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2023 Baku Mixed Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Bhopal Individual
Gold medal – first place 2024 Munich Individual
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Mixed Team
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Changwon Mixed Team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Changwon Individual
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Lima Mixed Team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Lima Team
Junior World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2019 Suhl Individual
Gold medal – first place 2022 Suhl Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Suhl Individual
Silver medal – second place 2022 Suhl Mixed Team
Junior Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Doha Mixed Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Taoyuan Individual

Sarabjot Singh (born 30 September 2001) is an Indian sport shooter who specializes in the 10 m air pistol. He is an Olympic bronze medalist having won the medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics alongside Manu Bhaker.[2]

Early life and education

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Sarabjot hails from 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][4] He trains under coach Abhishek Rana at the Ambala Cantt-based AR Shooting Academy in Central Phoenix Club.[4]

Career

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Singh was a part of the Indian shooting team at the 2022 Asian Games.[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 10m air pistol Mixed Team event with Manu Bhaker.[11]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Result Ref.
2024 Indian Sports Honours Sportsman of the Year Nominated
Breakthrough Performance of the Year Male Nominated

References

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