Sift Kaur Samra (born 9 September 2001) is an Indian sport shooter. She holds the current world record in Women's 50 metre rifle three positions final which was set while she won the gold medal in the Women's 50 metre rifle three positions event at the 2022 Asian Games.[1][2][3] She was also a part of the team that won the silver medal in the Women's 50 metre rifle three positions team event at the 2022 Asian Games.[4]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Indian |
| Born | 9 September 2001 (age 23) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  India |
| Sport | shooting |
Medal record | |
Early life
editSift dropped out of the MBBS course at GGS Medical College in Faridkot to focus on shooting.[5] She is currently pursuing Bachelor of Physical Education and Sports from GNDU in Amritsar.[6] She was introduced to shooting by her cousin Sekhon, a shotgun shooter. At the age of nine, she first had the taste of shooting at a shooting range in Punjab.[7] Her parents are from an agricultural family and are into rice selling business.[6]
Career
edit2023: In September, Sift broke the world record held by Britain’s Seonaid McIntosh,[8] by a margin of 2.6 points.Samra scored a total of 469.6 points, 154.6 in kneeling, 157.9 in prone and 157.1 in standing elimination to beat Qiongyue Zhang of China. [6]
During the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China, she won the individual gold medal in the Women's 3P category while also breaking the world record. She also bagged the team silver medal along with fellow teammates Ashi Chouksey and Manini Kaushik.
She bagged five medals at the Junior World Cup.
2022: She won a gold medal in the National Games.[7]
She won a bronze on debut at the ISSF World Cup in the 50m rifle 3P.[7]
References
edit- ^ Desk, TOI Sports (27 Sep 2023). "Asian Games: India's Ashi Chouksey, Manini Kaushik, and Sift Kaur Samara secure silver in shooting — Asian Games 2023 News". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 Sep 2023.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Desk, India Today Sports (27 Sep 2023). "Asian Games 2023: Sift Kaur Samra, Ashi Chouksey, Manini Kaushik win silver in women's 50m Rifle 3P". India Today. Retrieved 27 Sep 2023.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ D'Cunha, Zenia; Dasgupta, Shamya; Dawson, Rob (27 Sep 2023). "Asian Games: Ashi, Manini, Sift win 50m 3P team silver". ESPN. Retrieved 27 Sep 2023.
- ^ Sriram, Siddarth (27 Sep 2023). "Asian Games 2023: Sift Kaur Clinches Historic Gold With World Record-Breaking Performance; Medal Rush For India Continues In Shooting". News18. Retrieved 27 Sep 2023.
- ^ Raj, Pritish (11 July 2024). "Medico turned Shooter: Sift Kaur Samra conquers world record". The Bridge. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ a b c "'Accidental shooter' Sift Kaur Samra shows clinical precision for India's first individual gold with world record". The Times of India. 2023-09-27. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ a b c "Sift Kaur Samra: Once med student, now world-record gold medallist at Asian Games". ESPN. 2023-09-27. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ Scroll Staff (2023-09-27). "Asian Games, Shooting: Led by Sift Kaur Samra's gold, India win seven medals on Wednesday". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2023-09-27.