Saurabh Chaudhary (born 12 May 2002) is an Indian

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. He won the gold medal at the

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. He was the youngest Indian gold medalist at the Asian Games. He had earlier won gold medals and set a new junior world record in the ISSF Junior World Cup in

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, Germany. He is the only Indian shooter to win a gold medal in ISSF World Championship, ISSF World Cup, Youth Olympic Games, Asian Games and Asian Air Gun Championship. He broke his own world record with a score of 245.5 and claimed gold in Junior Men 10m Air Pistol at 2018 World Championship in Changwon, Korea.

Early life

He was born in Kalina village in district Meerut of western Uttar Pradesh (India). He comes from a family of farmers living in Yamuna and Gangatic plains of western UP. His father is Jagmohan Singh Siwach. He took up shooting at 13 and practised daily, traveling 15 km each way on buses to his club run by Aryangateways Sports Foundation. His coach Amit Sheoran identified his talent and groomed him from grassroot level.

Olympic Journey

From Tin-Shed Academy to Tokyo Olympics. Just months before event Saurabh Chaudhary was effected by COVID-19. But, sensational shooter Chaudhary fired his way into the finals of the men's 10m air pistol event by topping the qualifications at 1st position with 586/600 with a mind-blowing performance in the Tokyo Olympics here on Saturday. Coach Amit Sheoran hard work at Aryangateways Sports Foundation for Saurabh proved itself in Olympics. Unfortunately in finals medal slipped off even after the entry at first position. At the age of 16 years, he won Gold n 10m air pistol at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires. And shot 244.2 to finish on top ahead of South Korea's Sung Yunho (236.7) and Switzerland's Solari Jason (215.6), who bagged silver and bronze respectively.

2018

Chaudhary became the youngest Indian shooter to win a gold medal at the Asian Games. He participated in the Youth Olympic Games 2018 in Argentina and won gold. He won three golds in the Asian Airgun Championship in 2018:the 10m air pistol competition, the team competition and in the mixed team 10m pistol.

2019

In February he won the gold medal at

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in Delhi. In April, he participated in Mixed Team 10m pistol with

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and won gold at

in Beijing. In May he won gold and broke the world and junior records in 10m pistol

in Munich.

2020

In January 2020,he won 63rd gold at the 63rd National Shooting Championship.in men's 10 metre air pistol.

2021

In the men's 10 metre air pistol event of the Tokyo Olympics he managed to reach the final finishing in 7th place.

International career

Youth Olympic Games

World Championship

Asian Games

World Cup

10 Meter Air Pistol

Mixed Team

References

External links

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Aryangateways Sports Foundation
(AGSF) {{DEFAULTSORT:Chaudhary, Saurabh Living people 2002 births Indian male sport shooters Shooters at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for India Asian Games medalists in shooting Shooters at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic gold medalists for India Recipients of the Arjuna Award Olympic shooters for India Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Indian people Sportspeople from Meerut