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| Nationality |  Indian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 September 2001 [1] Ambala, Barara, Haryana, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | DAV College, Chandigarh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Shooter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 10 meter air pistol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
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]
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]
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| 2024 | Indian Sports Honours | Sportsman of the Year | Nominated | |
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