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| Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship | Indian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 July 1982 Johri, Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2000 – Present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Trap shooter, Shotgun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Seema Tomar (born 3 July 1982) is an Indian trap shooter. [1] She is the only Indian woman to win shotgun Silver Medal at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup. She was born in Johri village [2] of Uttar Pradesh.
Tomar was born on 3 July 1982 in Johri, Baghpat district, Uttar Pradesh. She learned shooting at a range set up in her village in 1998. [3] Tomar was initially discouraged by the expectations of the society around her, which expected her to get married and become a housewife. She felt that she could not enter this field unless an elder from her family went into shooting. [4]
Initially, Tomar was afraid to go shooting range without her mother, [5] who encouraged and accompanied her to the range. Tomar's mother, Prakashi Tomar, started shooting and participating in events, soon becoming an award-winning shooter, the second-oldest woman shooter in India, also known as Revolver Dadi. Prakashi and her sister-in-law Chandro Tomar's participation allowed Tomar to enter shooting competitions. Tomar started shooting in 2001 [3] at the 10m range in the village.
Tomar is still a proponent of equality across genders in Indian villages, and has led to many young girls taking up shooting in her hometown. [4]
Tomar has seven siblings. Her sister Rekha is also a shooter[ citation needed ]. Prakashi also runs a shooting range in the village where many girls come to learn shooting.
Seema Tomar started with shooting the air rifle in 2004, [3] but later switched to the shotgun event[ when? ]. She currently specializes in Trap shooting. [6]
2010 was a milestone in Seema Tomar's career when she won a Silver Medal in 2010 ISSF World Cup.
In 2014, Tomar won two golds at the Asian Shotgun Championships held in the United Arab Emirates in November 2014.
Vikram Bhatnagar is an Indian sport shooter. He started his career in International Sports Shooting with winning the Silver medal in the Men's Double Trap (Pairs) with Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
Manavjit Singh Sandhu is an Indian sport shooter who specializes in trap shooting. He is a Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardee in 2006 and Arjuna Awardee in 1998. He is a 4 time Olympian, having represented India at the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics, Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics the London 2012 Summer Olympics and the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. He is former World No. 1 ranked Trap Shooter.
Preeja Sreedharan is an Indian long-distance runner. She holds the national records in both the 10,000 metres and 5000 metres disciplines, which she set en route to the gold and silver medals at 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games. Sreedharan was conferred with the Arjuna Award, India's second highest sporting honour by the central government in 2011.
Russell Andrew Mark, is an Australian Olympic Champion marksman and world-renowned clay target shooting coach specialising in the disciplines of Olympic Trap and American Trap. Mark is a former World and Olympic Record holder and held the world number one ranking on multiple occasions. He won the gold medal in the Double Trap event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He also won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Mark competed at six Olympic Games: 1988 (Trap), 1992 (Trap), 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012. The only Australian Summer Olympian to compete in more Olympiads is Andrew Hoy (seven).
Çiğdem Özyaman, also known as Çiğdem Özyaman Özenir after her marriage, is a Turkish sport shooter competing in the skeet event. The 170 cm tall athlete at 62 kg (137 lb) is right-handed.
Johri Jat is a village in Bagpat district in Uttar Pradesh, India. It lies approximately nine kilometers from Baraut and four kilometers from Binauli. Two more villages, namely Angadpur and Kheri, are close by. It is difficult to distinguish between the three villages as there are no physical boundaries.
Fátima Gálvez Marín is a Spanish sport shooter. She was the World champion in the individual trap event at the 2015 World Shotgun Championships, and won the Olympic champion in the team event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Apurvi Singh Chandela is an Indian Shooting player who competes in the 10 metre air rifle event. She won the gold medal in the 2019 ISSF World Cup in New Delhi. She is a recipient of Arjuna award.
Ankur Mittal is an Indian shooter. He has won gold in Double Trap event at 2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships at Changwon, South Korea and a silver medal at the 2017 ISSF World Shotgun Championships at Moscow, Russia. He has received Bheem Award from Haryana State and Arjuna Award from President of India in 2018.
Chandro Tomar was an Indian octogenarian sharpshooter from the village of Johri in the Bagpat district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
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Prakashi Tomar is an Indian sharpshooter from Johri village of Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district. She is one of the oldest sharpshooters in the world. She is an icon in the world of shooting.
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar is an Indian sport shooter. He won the bronze medal in the 50 metre rifle three positions event at the 2019 Asian Shooting Championships and secured a quota place for India at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He will represent India in his second Olympics at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. He will take part in men's 50m rifle 3 positions event.
Esha Singh is an Indian sport shooter. She became the youngest national champion in the 10 meter air pistol in 2018 at the age of 13. Besides 10 meter air pistol, she also competes in 25 meter standard pistol and 25 meter pistol events.
Ria Rajeshwari Kumari is an Indian sports shooter and fashion designer. Kumari is a trap shooter and has won medals in both domestic and international competitions. She won the silver medal at the Women's trap team event in the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou. In 2024, competed in the Women's trap event in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. As of 2024, she is the 9th ranked women's trap shooter in the world. Kumari is a co-founder of Saurab Rajeshwari, a luxury Indian clothing and embroidery brand founded in 2021.
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British Shooting is the national governing body for ISSF shooting sport disciplines in the United Kingdom. The organisation serves as a single shooting body to receive public funding from UK Sport and Sport England, administer high performance squads and talent pathways as well as serve as the member body for shooting sports with organisations such as the British Olympic Association and ISSF.
Darshna Rathore is an Indian sport shooter. She competes in the skeet discipline. She is part of the Indian shooting team at the Asian Games, Hangzhou, China. She was part of the Indian women's skeet team, along with Parinaaz Dhaliwal, and Ganemat Sekhon that finished fourth in the Asian Games shooting competitions.
Varun Tomar is an Indian sport shooter. He bagged an Olympic quota berth for the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 10m Air Pistol event by winning a gold medal at the Asian Olympic Qualifiers on 8 January 2024 at Jakarta.
