Ravinder Singh (sport shooter)

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Ravinder Singh
Personal information
NationalityFlag of India.svg  Indian
Born (1996-10-17) 17 October 1996 (age 28)
Jammu, India
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s) 50 meter pistol
10 meter air pistol
Medal record
Men's shooting Shooting pictogram.svg
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Asian Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Shymkent 50 m pistol team

Ravinder Singh (born 17 October 1996) is an Indian sport shooter who competes in the 50 meter pistol and 10 meter air pistol events. [1] He is a double bronze medal winner at the 2023 World Championships, and is part of the Indian Army team in domestic tournaments. [2]

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Background

Singh is from Jammu, India. He is coached by Manoj Kumar. He is employed with the Indian Army in sports quota.[ citation needed ]

Career

In August 2023, he won two Bronze at the 2023 ISSF World Shooting Championships at Baku. He won a bronze in the men’s 50m pistol team event, along with Kamaljeet and Vikram Jagannath Shinde, with a combined score of 1646-28x. [3] He also won a bronze in the individual event with a score of 556. [4] [5]

In 2024, he took part in five World Cups, twice in Cairo and Grenada, and in Lima. He made his international debut at the ISSF Shooting World Cup in New Delhi in 2019 and also took part in the Asian Championships at Taoyuan in the 10m air pistol event. [1]

In the first World Cup of the year on 3 April 2025, he was initially in medal contention but failed to hold on and bowed out after 18th shot to finish 7th in the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup (Pistol) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. [6]

In April 2025, he represented India at the ISSF World Cup in Lima where he missed a bronze medal along with Manu Baker in the 10m air pistol event to the Chinese team. [7]

In 2025, he also missed a bronze and finished fourth in the 2025 ISSF World Cup. [1]

Domestic career

In December 2024, along with Sejal Kamble, he won the gold for the Indian Army team in the 67th National shooting championship at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad, Delhi. They beat Pranavi Dwaram and Mukesh Nelavalli 16-12. [8]

In February 2025, he won a silver medal at the National Games 2025 at Uttarakhand in the 10m air pistol event, losing to 15 year old Jonathan Anthony by a score of 0.4. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  2. Srinivasan, Kamesh (21 December 2024). "67th National Shooting Championship: Sejal-Ravinder pair wins mixed team air pistol gold, Paris Olympics medallist Sarabjot finishes fifth". Sportstar. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  3. "ISSF World Championships: Women's team clinches 50M Pistol gold; India finish second with 14 medals". The Times of India. 25 August 2023. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  4. Chettiar, Ronald (25 August 2023). "ISSF World Championships 2023: India win 50m pistol women's team gold medal". Olympics.com. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  5. Scroll Staff (25 August 2023). "Shooting World C'ships: India finish campaign with six gold and eight bronze medals". Scroll.in. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  6. "Argentina Shooting World Cup: Varun finishes fifth, Ravinder sixth, in men's air pistol". ianslive.in. 3 April 2025. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  7. Sportstar, Team (16 April 2025). "ISSF World Cup Lima: Suruchi, Saurabh win gold in 10m air pistol mixed team; Manu, Ravinder miss bronze". Sportstar. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  8. Srinivasan, Kamesh (21 December 2024). "National shooting championship | Ravinder and Sejal win mixed air pistol gold for Army". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  9. "National Games 2025: 15-year-old Jonathan Anthony pips Olympic medallist Sarabjot Singh in final to strike 10m pistol gold". Olympics.com. 3 February 2025. Retrieved 7 May 2025.