Sarabjot Singh

Sarabjot Singh

Singh in August 2024
Personal information
Nationality	Indian
Born	(2001-09-30) 30 September 2001 (age 23) [1] Ambala, Barara, Haryana, India
Education	DAV College, Chandigarh
Occupation	Shooter
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Shooting
Event	10 meter air pistol
Medal record Men's shooting Representing   India Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 1 World Championships 1 0 0 World Cup 2 0 0 Asian Games 1 1 0 Asian Championships 1 0 2 Commonwealth Championships – – – Total 5 1 3 Olympic Games 2024 Paris 10m air pistol mixed team World Cup 2023 Bhopal 10m air pistol 2023 Baku 10m air pistol mixed team Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou 10m air pistol team 2022 Hangzhou 10m air pistol mixed team Asian Championships 2019 Doha 10m air pistol mixed team 2019 Doha 10m air pistol team 2023 Changwon 10m air pistol Junior World Cup 2019 Suhl 10m air pistol 2019 Germany 10m air pistol team 2019 Germany 10m air pistol 2019 Germany 10m air pistol mixed team

Sarabjot Singh (born 30 September 2001) is an Indian sport shooter who specializes in the 10 m air pistol. He is an Olympic bronze medalist having won the medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics alongside Manu Bhaker. ^[2]

Early life and education

Sarabjot hails from Dheen village of Ambala, Barara block, Haryana. ^[3] He is the son of Jatinder Singh, a farmer and Hardeep Kaur, a homemaker. ^[4] He studied at DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh. ^{[5] [4]} He trains under coach Abhishek Rana at the Ambala Cantt-based AR Shooting Academy in Central Phoenix Club. ^[4]

Career

Singh was a part of the Indian shooting team at the 2022 Asian Games. ^[6] Indian 10m air pistol team of Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Singh Cheema and Shiva Narwal beat China to win the gold at the 2022 Asian Games. ^[7] Sarabjot also won the silver medal for India in the mixed 10m air pistol with Divya T.S. in the Asian Games shooting competitions. ^{[8] [9] [10]}

Earlier in 2021, he won the gold in both the individual and team events of the World Championships. In 2019, he won gold in the ISSF Junior World Cup.

He won the bronze medal in 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris 10m air pistol Mixed Team event with Manu Bhaker. ^[11]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2024	Indian Sports Honours	Sportsman of the Year	Nominated
		Breakthrough Performance of the Year Male	Nominated

References

1. "Paris Olympics: Another Olympic medal for Manu Bhaker as she wins 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event bronze-medal match with Sarabjot Singh". The Times of India. 30 July 2024. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 31 July 2024.
2. "Olympic Games Paris 2024 Highlights Day 4: Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot Singh Win Bronze, Archer Bhajan Shines | Olympics News". NDTVSports.com. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
3. "Who is Sarabjot Singh? Shooter who clinched Bronze at Paris Olympics 2024 with Manu Bhaker". Business Today. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
4. "Sarabjot adds another feather in DAV College's cap with team shooting gold at Asiad". Hindustan Times. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
5. "Sarabjot Singh" . Retrieved 30 September 2023.
6. "Indian shooters at Asian Games: Events, key dates, format and rules". ESPN. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
7. "Asian Games 2023: Shooters Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Singh Cheema And Shiva Narwal Power India To 6th Gold, Win 10m Air Pistol Team Event". Zee News. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
8. "Sarabjot, Divya get silver after losing thriller to China, Indian shooters bag their 19th medal at Asian Games 2023". Hindustan Times. 30 September 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
9. "Asian Games 2023: Shooters Sarabjot Singh, Divya TS Add Silver Medal To India's Medal Tally". English Jagran. 30 September 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
10. "Indian shooters clinch gold in 10m air pistol team event at Asian Games 2023". Sportstar. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
11. "Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot Singh win bronze as India shoots second Olympic medal". India Today. 30 July 2024.

External links

• Sarabjot Singh at the International Shooting Sport Federation