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'''Shreyasi Singh''' (born 29 August 1991) is an Indian [[Shooting sports|shooter]] who competes in the [[double trap]] event. She won a gold medal in the [[Shooting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games]] – Women's double trap and a silver medal at the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Shooting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's double trap|Glasgow]], [[Scotland]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Women's double trap final result |url= http://results.glasgow2014.com/event/shooting/shw402101/double_trap_womens_finals.html |publisher= ''glasgow2014.com'' |date= 27 July 2014 |accessdate= 27 July 2014}}</ref> <ref>http://www.republicworld.com/sports-news/shooting-news/cwg-2018-shreyasi-singh-shoots-gold-in-double-trap</ref>
'''Shreyasi Singh''' (born 29 August 1991) is an Indian [[Shooting sports|shooter]] who competes in the [[double trap]] event. She won a gold medal in the [[Shooting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Gold Coast]], [[Australia]] – Women's double trap and a silver medal at the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Shooting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's double trap|Glasgow]], [[Scotland]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Women's double trap final result |url= http://results.glasgow2014.com/event/shooting/shw402101/double_trap_womens_finals.html |publisher= ''glasgow2014.com'' |date= 27 July 2014 |accessdate= 27 July 2014}}</ref> <ref>http://www.republicworld.com/sports-news/shooting-news/cwg-2018-shreyasi-singh-shoots-gold-in-double-trap</ref>
== Career ==
== Career ==

Revision as of 07:22, 11 April 2018

Shreyasi Singh
Personal information
NationalityIndia
Born (1991-08-29) 29 August 1991 (age 32)
New Delhi, India
Sport
CountryIndia
SportShooting
EventDouble Trap
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  India
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow Double trap
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Double trap
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon Double trap team
Commonwealth Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Delhi Trap
Silver medal – second place 2017 Brisbane Double trap
Updated on 11 April 2018

Shreyasi Singh (born 29 August 1991) is an Indian shooter who competes in the double trap event. She won a gold medal in the Shooting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia – Women's double trap and a silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[1] [2]

Career

Singh was part of the Indian team at the 2013 Trap Shooting World Cup held in Acapulco, Mexico.[3] She won the 15th position there.[4]

Singh competed in the singles and pair trap events at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. She came 6th in single trap event and 5th in pair trap event. She won the silver medal in the singles double trap event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow having scored 92 points in the final. In the same year, she won the Bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon in the Double trap team event, along with Shagun Chowdhary and Varsha Varman.[5] She won gold medal in 61st national National Shooting Championship while representing Bihar,in 2017.[6]

Personal life

Shreyasi's grandfather Kumar Surendra Singh and father Digvijay Singh were both presidents of the National Rifle Association of India in their lifetimes.Her father was also former union minister.[7] Her mother Putul Singh is also an Ex-MP from Banka,Bihar.[8] Shreyasi is a student of Hansraj College, Delhi.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Women's double trap final result". glasgow2014.com. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ http://www.republicworld.com/sports-news/shooting-news/cwg-2018-shreyasi-singh-shoots-gold-in-double-trap
  3. ^ "Shagun makes it to World Cup team". New Delhi. The Hindu. 13 February 2013. Retrieved Jul 28, 2014.
  4. ^ "Training under Smirnov helped: Shreyasi Singh". New Delhi. Times of India. 17 December 2013. Retrieved Jul 28, 2014.
  5. ^ http://sports.ndtv.com/asian-games-2014/news/230424-asian-games-india-win-bronze-in-women-s-double-trap-team-event
  6. ^ http://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/other/2017/nov/20/shreyasi-singh-wins-gold-at-61st-national-shooting-championship-competition-1706443.html
  7. ^ http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140729/jsp/bihar/story_18661677.jsp#.VZAGHzNX5Yc
  8. ^ http://www.dnaindia.com/locality/news-tags/shreyashi-singh
  9. ^ Brahma, Biswajyoti (28 July 2014). "CWG: Shreyasi Singh rides wind for silver". Glasgow. Times of India. Retrieved Jul 28, 2014.

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