Shweta Chaudhary
- 10 metre air pistol
- 25 metre pistol
- Lim Jang Soo
- Ramesh Chaudhary
- Prashant Singh
Representing India | ||
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Shooting | ||
Asian Shooting Championships | ||
2012 Doha | Women’s 10m Air Pistol(Team) | |
2004 KualaLumpur | Women’s 10m Air Pistol(Team) | |
Asian Games | ||
2006 Doha | 10m Air Pistol | |
2014 Incheon | 10m Air Pistol | |
Asian Air Gun Championships | ||
2005 Bangkok | 10m Air Pistol | |
2005 Bangkok | 10m Air Pistol(Team) | |
2015 Delhi | 10m Air Pistol(Team) | |
2011 Kuwait | 10m Air Pistol(Team) | |
2014 Kuwait | 10m Air Pistol(Team) | |
2015 Delhi | 10m Air Pistol | |
2009 Doha | 10m Air Pistol(Team) | |
2012 Nanjing | 10m Air Pistol(Team) | |
2013 Tehran | 10m Air Pistol(Team) | |
Commonwealth Games | ||
2002 Manchester | 10m Air Pistol(Team) | |
Commonwealth Shooting Championships | ||
2005 Melbourne | 10m Air Pistol(Badge) | |
2010 Delhi | 10m Air Pistol | |
2010 Delhi | 10m Air Pistol(Team) | |
2010 Delhi | 10m Air Pistol(Badge) | |
2005 Melbourne | 10m Air Pistol(Team) | |
2005 Melbourne | Sports Pistol(Team) | |
2001 Bisley | 10m Air Pistol(Team) | |
South Asian Games | ||
2008 Islamabad | 10m Air Pistol | |
2008 Islamabad | 10m Air Pistol(Team) | |
2008 Islamabad | Sport Pistol(Team) | |
2016 Guwahati | 10m Air Pistol | |
2016 Guwahati | 10m Air Pistol(Team) | |
South Asian Shooting Championship | ||
2008 Islamabad | Sport pistol | |
2008 Islamabad | Sport pistol(Team) | |
2009 Dhaka | 10m Air Pistol(Team) | |
2009 Dhaka | Sport Pistol(Team) | |
2009 Dhaka | Sport Pistol | |
World University Games | ||
2007 Bangkok | 10m Air Pistol | |
Hungarian Open | ||
2007 Hungary | 10m Air Pistol | |
2009 Hungary | 10m Air Pistol | |
2009 Hungary | 10m Air Pistol | |
2008 Hungary | 10m Air Pistol | |
Munich Open | ||
2006 Munich | 10m Air Pistol | |
Grand prix | ||
2012 Tehran | 10m Air Pistol | |
Meeting of the Shooting Hopes | ||
2005 Czech Republic | Sport Pistol | |
2000 Czech Republic | Sport Pistol(Team) | |
2004 Czech Republic | Air Pistol(Team) | |
2005 Czech Republic | Sport Pistol(Team) | |
ISSF Junior Cup | ||
2002 Suhl | 10m Air Pistol(Team) | |
2004 Suhl | 10m Air Pistol | |
2004 Suhl | 10m Air Pistol(Team) |
Shweta Chaudhry (born 3 July 1986) is an Indian sport shooter who competes in the 10 metre air pistol and 25 metre sports pistol events.[2][3][4]
In 2014, at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Chaudhary won the bronze medal in the women's air pistol event, having scored 176.4 points in the final, which was the first medal won by India in the games.[5][6]
In 2009, at 2009 Asian Air Gun Championships in Doha, Chaudhary won a bronze medal in air pistol event having 381 points in the final.[7]
Career
Chaudhary has been a practicing shooter since 1997 when she was in 5th standard. Within a year, she made it to the senior national team. In 2000, at the age of 14, she became the senior national champion with a record breaking results.[citation needed] She played for Haryana state until she was supported by ONGC in 2006. Chaudhary, along with Sheila Kanungo, won a silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games held in Manchester.
Chaudhary's other notable achievements include winning a silver medal (team) at the 15th Asian Games in 2006. She also won an individual bronze medal at the Asian Games held at Incheon in 2014.[8] She won an individual silver medal at the 8th Asian Airgun Shooting Championship in New Delhi, India in September 2015.
Chaudhary is six-time national champion in air pistol and has accumulated about 117 national and 43 international medals, including 3 gold medals at the SAF Games 2004 in Pakistan, 3 gold medals at the 8th Commonwealth Shooting championship at New Delhi in 2010, where she won an individual gold medal, an individual badge medal, and a and pair event with Pushpanjali Rana. She won 2 gold medals (individual and team) at the 12th SAF Games 2016 in Guwahati, India. She has been supported by Olympic Gold Quest.
Award
In 2004, the government of Haryana accredited Chaudhary with the Bhim Award for excellence in pistol shooting.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "बेटी को एशियाड में मिला मेडल तो घर में छाई खुशी की खुमारी, देखें जश्न की तस्वीरें" [Shweta Chaudhary Won Bronze Medal In Asiad Games, Faridabad Haryana]. bhaskar.com (in Hindi). 21 September 2014.
- ^ "Shweta Chaudhary". Olympic Gold Quest. Archived from the original on 22 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ "Red tape woes: 4 Indian shooters offloaded from flight to Asian Games". India Today. 22 September 2014. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023.
- ^ Tripathi, Sudheendra (7 October 2014). "Asian Games bronze redemption for Shweta Chaudhary". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023.
- ^ "Asian Games: Shooter Shweta Chaudhry Bags India's First Medal". NDTV.com. 20 September 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ "17th Asian Games: Shooter Shweta Chaudhry wins bronze in 10m Air Pistol". The Economic Times. 20 September 2014. Archived from the original on 12 January 2024.
- ^ "Indian women win bronze at Asian Air Gun Meet". Rediff.com. PTI. 21 December 2009. Archived from the original on 25 February 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
- ^ "Asian Games: Shooter Jitu Rai Bags Gold, Shweta Chaudhary Wins Bronze". Deccan Chronicle. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2016.