Yashaswini Singh Deswal is an Indian sport shooter. As of 2021, she is ranked world No. 1 in

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Early and personal life

Deswal was born on 30 March 1997 in

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. Her father Surjeet Singh Deswal is an

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who works as the Director General of

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and mother Saroj Deswal is the Chief Commissioner of Income Tax in Panchkula. As of August 2019, Deswal studies at

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Career

Deswal started practicing shooting in 2012. She qualified for the

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, China, where she finished sixth in the final of the 10 metre air pistol event. At the 2016 ISSF Junior World Cup, she won silver medals in both the individual event and the team event in Suhl, Germany, and gold in the team event at

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, Azerbaijan. At the

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, she bagged the gold medal in the team event and bronze medal in the individual event. At the 2017 ISSF Junior World Championship, she equaled the world junior record of 235.9 and won the gold medal. In 2019, Deswal won the gold medal at the

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to book a quota spot for the

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. She defeated Olena Kostevych, a former Olympic and world champion, in the final round. At the

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in Delhi, Deswal won gold in the women's 10m air pistol event with a tally of 238.8, after topping the qualifications with 579.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Deswal, Yashaswini Singh Living people 1997 births Indian female sport shooters Sport shooters from Haryana Shooters at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics South Asian Games medalists in shooting Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for India