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Amit Sheoran

Amit Sheoran (born 19 February 1978 Angadpur, Baghpat, India) is a pistol shooting coach, who also competed at a national level,[1] He had to leave shooting due to the death of his father.[2] He has produced several national and international-level Indian pistol shooters.[3] He has coached Saurabh Chaudhary.

Amit Sheoran
Amit Sheoran
Personal information
Full nameAmit Sheoran
NationalityIndian
Born19 February 1978
Angadpur, Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, India
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
ParentRajendar Singh (father)
Sport
CountryIndia
SportPistol shooting
ClubVeer Sahamal Rifle Club by AGSF
PartnerRajiv Chauhan
Coached byMahaboob Khan Pathan
Now coachingSince 2009

Early life

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From around 1995, Amit Sheoran was coached by Mahboob Khan Pathan and entered state- and national-level events. In the beginning of his career Sheoran have to lose his father and entered in his era of struggle.

Coaching career

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In 2009 he started a tin-shed shooting range with five students, one air rifle and an old air pistol.[3] The shed is named after a 1857 anti-British revolutionary.[3] In 2016 the father of an old student gifted a small parcel of land - sufficient to allow a marginally larger shed (16x12 sqm) with, for the first time, a pair of fans.[3]

Journey to Olympics

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Shooter Saurabh Chaudhary and Para shooter Deepender Singh took a step forward to shooting games in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. From Tin-Shed Academy to Olympics coach he proved once again and also his shooter represented in World University Games and also Khelo India University games.[4]

 
AGSF Founder Amit Sheoran as a coach of Shooting started from hot TIN-SHED and reached till Olympics 2020 Tokyo with Saurabh Chaudhary & Deepender Singh
 
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi greeted Saurabh Chaudhary as Gold Medalist youth Olympian, in Delhi on October 21, 2018.
 
AGSF igniting Para Shooting with Gold Medal in Bangkok world cup 2017 by Deepender Singh
 
Sports girl from Bihar Ananya Anand greeted by Minister Giriraj Singh

Notable Performance

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2018

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Saurabh Chaudhary became the youngest Indian shooter to win a gold medal at the Asian Games. He participated in the Youth Olympic Games 2018 in Argentina and won gold. He won three golds in the Asian Airgun Championship in 2018:the 10m air pistol competition, the team competition and in the mixed team 10m pistol.[5]

2019

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In February he won the gold medal at ISSF World Cup in Delhi.[5]

In April, he participated in Mixed Team 10m pistol with Manu Bhaker and won gold at ISSF World Cup in Beijing

In May he won gold and broke the world and junior records in 10m pistol ISSF World Cup in Munich.[6]

2020

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In January 2020, he won 63rd gold at the 63rd National Shooting Championship[7] in men's 10 metre air pistol.[8]

2022

Khelo India University Games, 2022 Bhopal Gold in Men & Women both 10M Pistol Shooting Event.

National Games, 2022[9][10][11] Ahemdabad, Gold in women senior 10M Pistol Shooting event.

Pupils and Students

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Ashish Misra (23 December 2018). "Sharp Shooter - The Sports Stars". India Today. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  2. ^ Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk (27 August 2018). "Named After a Revolutionary, This Tin Shed in UP Minted a Gold Medallist For India!". The Better India. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d Avijit Ghosh (26 August 2018). "How a tin shed in western UP is minting medals". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  4. ^ Cyriac, Biju Babu (2 May 2022). "Khelo India University Games: Akshdeep Singh sets new mark in 20km walk". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Shooting World Cup: Saurabh Chaudhary breaks World Record to win 10m air pistol gold, secures Olympic quota – Times of India". The Times of India. 24 February 2019.
  6. ^ "ISSF World Cup, Munich 2019: Result 10m Air Pistol Men". issf-sports.org. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  7. ^ thenrai.in https://thenrai.in/details.aspx?view=3121. Retrieved 4 February 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ Srinivasan, Kamesh (4 January 2020). "Saurabh Chaudhary wins gold in National Shooting Championship". Sportstar. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  9. ^ Nair, Abhijit (2 October 2022). "Farmer's daughter from Saurabh Chaudhary's academy wins gold at National Games". thebridge.in. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  10. ^ Citynnews (2 October 2022). "Reluctant pistol shooter Yuvika tops the massive weapons for Nationwide Video games gold". Citynnews. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Reluctant pistol shooter Yuvika tops big guns for National Games gold". The Indian Express. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Athlete".
  13. ^ Kamath, Amit (3 October 2022). "Yuvika Tomar, groomed by Saurabh Chaudhary's coach, making waves in 10m air pistol". NEWS9LIVE. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  14. ^ "14th Asian Championship Doha 10m AIR PISTOL WOMEN JUNIOR TOMAR Yuvika IND" (PDF).
  15. ^ thenrai.in http://www.thenrai.in/details.aspx?view=2852. Retrieved 8 March 2019. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ^ Vinod, A. (7 December 2018). "National Shooting Ch'ships: Om Prakash shocks Saurabh Choudhary to win gold". Sportstar. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  17. ^ "ISSF World Cup: Saurabh Chaudhary wins gold with world record, secures Olympic quota". @businessline. 24 February 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  18. ^ "Saurabh Chaudhary wins World Cup gold with a record, clinches Tokyo Olympics berth too". The Times of India. 25 February 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  19. ^ "Deepender Singh wins gold at Para Shooting World Cup". Indian Shooting. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
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