Shreyasi Singh
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Nationality | India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | New Delhi, India | 29 August 1991||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Double Trap | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 – 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] She won gold medal in 61st national National Shooting Championship while representing Bihar.[5]
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.[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] Shreyasi is a student of Hansraj College, Delhi.[8]
References
- ^ "Women's double trap final result". glasgow2014.com. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
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(help) - ^ http://www.republicworld.com/sports-news/shooting-news/cwg-2018-shreyasi-singh-shoots-gold-in-double-trap
- ^ "Shagun makes it to World Cup team". New Delhi. The Hindu. 13 February 2013. Retrieved Jul 28, 2014.
- ^ "Training under Smirnov helped: Shreyasi Singh". New Delhi. Times of India. 17 December 2013. Retrieved Jul 28, 2014.
- ^ http://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/other/2017/nov/20/shreyasi-singh-wins-gold-at-61st-national-shooting-championship-competition-1706443.html
- ^ http://sports.ndtv.com/asian-games-2014/news/230424-asian-games-india-win-bronze-in-women-s-double-trap-team-event
- ^ http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140729/jsp/bihar/story_18661677.jsp#.VZAGHzNX5Yc
- ^ Brahma, Biswajyoti (28 July 2014). "CWG: Shreyasi Singh rides wind for silver". Glasgow. Times of India. Retrieved Jul 28, 2014.
External links
- Living people
- 1991 births
- People from New Delhi
- Indian female sport shooters
- Asian Games medalists in shooting
- Shooters at the 2010 Asian Games
- Shooters at the 2014 Asian Games
- Shooters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India
- Sportswomen from Delhi
- Asian Games bronze medalists for India
- Commonwealth Games medallists in shooting
- 21st-century Indian women
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games