Mansher Singh

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XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi (Men's) Shooting Trap Pairs, India's Mansher Singh and Manavjit Singh won Bronze medal, at Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range, in New Delhi on October 08, 2010.jpg
Mansher Singh (right) with Manavjit Singh Sandhu at the Commonwealth Games in 2010.
Personal information
Nickname"Joey"
National teamFlag of India.svg  India
Born (1965-12-01) 1 December 1965 (age 59)
Calcutta, India
Alma mater St. Stephen's College, Delhi (BA) [1]
Occupation(s)Chief Shotgun Coach, Indian Olympic Team [2]
Years active1982 – present (43 years)
Children2 (including Jaisal Singh) [1]
Parent
  • K.K. Singh [3] (father)
Sport
Sport Sport Shooting
Turned pro1982 [1]
Coached byMarcello Dradi [1]
Now coaching Kynan Chenai
Medal record
Men's shooting [1]
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994 Victoria Trap
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 New Delhi Trap doubles
Asian Games [4]
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1998 Bangkok Trap team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2002 Busan Trap team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Doha Trap team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Guangzhou Trap team
Asian Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Doha Trap team
Asian Shotgun Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2004 BangkokTrap
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2004 Kuala LumpurTrap
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2011 Kuala LumpurTrap
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Almaty Trap team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1993 ManilaTrap
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2006 SingaporeTrap
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Almaty Trap team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1995 JakartaTrap
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1995 Chendu CityTrap
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2008 JaipurTrap
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2009 AlmatyTrap

Mansher "Joey" Singh (born 1 December 1965 [5] in Calcutta [6] ) is an Indian sport shooter who specializes in double trap and trap.

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At the 2008 Olympic Games, he finished in first place in the trap qualification. He also came first at the 2004 Olympic Games. In addition, he has medals from the Asian Games and the Commonwealth Games. In the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, he won a gold medal in the trap event.

He also won the Arjuna Award in 1993.

Education

Singh graduated from St. Columba's School, Delhi in 1985, [7] before studying at St. Stephen's College, Delhi. [8]

Olympic Results

Olympic results [9]
Event1984199620042008
Trap (200 birds) 35th
176/200		Event Style Changed
Trap (125 birds)Different
Event Style		 31st
118/125		 21st
115/125		 8th
117/125

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Mansher Singh Details". ISSF Sports. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "Mansher Singh Coaching Video". Bharat Adda India. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Mansher Singh Mini-Doc". Prasar Bharati Archives. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "Medalists from previous Asian Games – Men – Team – Discontinued events". Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  5. ↑ Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "Mansher Singh". Athletes. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  7. ↑ "Mansher Singh". Achievers. Old Columbans' Association. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  8. ↑ Vepa, Arvind; Vishvanathan, Sujit. "St. Stephen's College Delhi, India - History". Tufts University. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  9. ↑ "Mansher Singh ISSF Bio". International Shooting Sports Federation. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
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