Joydeep Karmakar (born 7 September 1979) is an Indian

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from

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. He represented India in rifle prone events in various championships. started his sports career in 1989. He became a Junior National Champion in his first Nationals in 1994. He has represented India in 28 World Cups 2 Commonwealth Games 1 Asian Games 3 World Championships. He qualified to represent

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at London

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in men's 50 metre rifle prone event. His career best world ranking is 4th and in Asia 1st in 2010 to 2012.

Career

On 3 August 2012, Joydeep qualified for the Olympic Finals of Men's 50metre Rifle Prone event After six rounds, Joydeep was at joint fourth with eight other shooters. However, there was a shoot off between the nine tied shooters, in which Joydeep scored 51.6 and finished fourth in the shoot off, thereby qualifying for the final round as he finished 7th overall. In the final he scored 104.1 and with a total of 699.1 he finished fourth, behind the bronze medal winner,

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. Earlier in 2010 he had participated in ISSF World Cup, Sydney and won a silver medal with an Asian Record score of 599/600. He is still the only silver medalist in World Cup in Prone event from India. His National Record Scores of 594/600, 595, 598 & 599 from 2005 to 2010 was unique as Joydeep only bettered his own record. Apart from more than 70 National Medals, he also won Individual Australian Open Cup, Commonwealth Championships Gold and South Asian double Gold. In Domestic competitions he held the Kumar Surendra Singh record of 597/600 in Prone. He participated in International tournaments till 2015, including 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games and

2014 Incheon Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...

and ISSF World Championships in Granada, Spain. In late 2015 he set up a shooting academy in Kolkata named Joydeep Karmakar Shooting Academy, at

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. Later in 2018, he opened the other two branches of JKSA at

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and

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, which is named as Shooting Sports Club Howrah. where he with other National & International shooters are training newcomers to the nuances of Rifle Shooting. Karmakar is the

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and mentor of

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

and

2018 Summer Youth Olympics The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud de 2018), officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, were an international sports, cultural, and educational event held ...

silver medallist

Mehuli Ghosh Mehuli Ghosh (born 20 November 2000) is an Indian sport shooter. She represents India at international junior shooting championships across the world. Among 123 competitors, she was the only Indian shooting athlete to reach the finals of the 201 ...

Summer Olympics

Karmakar qualified for the finals of men's 50 metre rifle prone with a score of 595. In the final he scored 104.1 and finished fourth with a total score of 699.1, behind the bronze medal winner,

, whose aggregate score was 701.Shooting results for 50m rifle prone o
official 2012 London Olympics website

Personal life

Karmakar was born on 7 December 1979, to Santo Karmakar and Gayatri Karmakar, in

. His father, Santo Karmakar was a three-time national swimming champion. He is married to Radhica Karmakar.

Awards and accolades

Joydeep Karmakar has received the following awards and accolades: *

Arjuna Award The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The award is named after Arjuna, one ...

in 2012 * West Bengal Khel Samman Award in 2013–14 * ABP Shera Bangali 2013

References

External links

Joydeep Karmakar ISSF profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Karmakar, Joydeep Living people 1979 births Indian male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters of India Recipients of the Arjuna Award Seth Anandram Jaipuria College alumni University of Calcutta alumni Shooters at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for India Shooters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Indian sports coaches