Simranpreet Kaur Brar

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Simranpreet Kaur Brar
Personal information
Born (2004-10-02) 2 October 2004 (age 21)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event
25 m pistol
Achievements and titles
Personal best41 WRJ (2025)

Simranpreet Kaur Brar (born 2 October 2004) is an Indian sport shooter who specializes in the 25 m pistol event. [1]

Career

Simranpreet won gold in the 25 m rapid fire mixed team event at the 2022 Junior World Cup and silver in the same event (with Anish Bhanwala) at the 2022 World Shooting Championships. [2]

She won the silver medal in the women's 25 m pistol at the World Cup in Lima, her first senior international podium. [3] [4] [5] Later, she also won team bronze in the same event at the 2025 Asian Championships.

On 7 December 2025, she won gold in the women's 25 m pistol event at the ISSF World Cup Final held in Doha. [6] [7] [8] She scored 41/50 in the final setting a new Junior World Record, finishing ahead of Yao Qianxun and Doreen Vennekamp. [9] The victory marked her first World Cup Final medal. [10] [11]

References

  1. "Simranpreet Kaur Brar sins Silver in women's 25m pistol at Lima World Cup". The Times of India. 22 April 2025. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  2. "ISSF World Championship: Anish Bhanwala and Simranpreet Kaur Brar win Rapid Fire Pistol Mixed Team silver". The Times of India. 20 October 2022. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  3. "Simranpreet Kaur Brar Wins Silver In 25m Pistol At ISSF World Cup In Lima" . Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  4. "Shooting World Cup: Simranpreet Kaur Brar's 25m pistol silver, a reward for doting parents who never hesitated to boost her career". The Indian Express. 22 April 2025. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  5. Admin, Site (22 April 2025). "Simranpreet Kaur wins maiden senior international medal with silver in 25m pistol -". Archived from the original on 31 May 2025. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  6. "Brar beats favourites for women's 25m pistol gold at 2025 ISSF World Cup Final". ISSF. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  7. "Simranpreet Kaur Brar wins 25m pistol gold in stacked field at ISSF World Cup Final". The Indian Express. 7 December 2025. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  8. "Small-town shooting star makes it big". News Arena India. 10 December 2025. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  9. ANI (8 December 2025). "ISSF World Cup Final 2025: Simranpreet Kaur bags gold medal; Manu Bhaker ends campaign without medal". The Statesman. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  10. "ISSF World Cup Finals: Simranpreet Kaur stuns field to win 25m gold". The Times of India. 8 December 2025. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  11. https://www.newsonair.gov.in/issf-world-cup-final-2025/