Shimon Sharif
 Shimon Sharif along with Pullela Gopichand and Harsha Bhogle at FICCI TURF 2009 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Shimon Sharif |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Born | 7 February 1978 New Delhi, Delhi, India |
| Alma mater | The Frank Anthony Public School, New Delhi |
| Height | 185cm(6ft 1in) |
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | India |
| Sport | Shooting |
| Event(s) | 10m Air rifle, 50m Rifle, 10m Running Target |
| Team | India, Delhi, CISF |
| Coached by | Laszlo Szucsak |
Shimon Sharif (born 7 February 1978) is an Indian sport shooter. He started his sports career in 1995.[1][2] He has participated in several international shooting competitions including the ISSF World Cup at Korea in 2003. He has won multiple medals for Delhi at various National Games of India.[3] In 2007, he became the first Indian to compete in the 10 meter running target event.[4] He is named in the "Limca Book of Records" for floating India’s first website on shooting sport indianshooting.com.[5] He conceptualized Online Shooting during pandemic Covid-19 and has so far organized multiple editions of International Online Shooting Championship and a month-long Online Shooting League which also became the World's first online league in an Olympic sport.[1][6] Shimon is also the founder of Topgun Shooting Academy.[7][8]
Awards and recognition
[edit]- Limca Book of Records for launching India's first ever website on shooting sport back in 2005.[9]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Month-long online shooting league to start from July 4". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Shimon Sharif requests NRAI to allow Indian shooters in online league | More sports News - Times of India". The Times of India. IANS. 13 June 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Postal matches inspiration behind online shooting championship: Sharif". www.outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ Staff (12 September 2007). "Shimon Sharif to try hands in running target shooting". www.mykhel.com. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ Piyali Dasgupta (19 March 2012). "Shimon Sharif named in Limca Book of Records 2012 | More sports News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Online shooting has gained traction, ISSF to experiment, says shooter Shimon Sharif". Deccan Herald. 20 September 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "TopGun marksmen dominate inter-school Delhi shooting meet". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "TopGun marksmen dominate Karni Singh shooting meet". India Today. P. T. I. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ Piyali Dasgupta (19 March 2012). "Shimon Sharif named in Limca Book of Records 2012 | More sports News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 November 2020.