Mansher "Joey" Singh OLY (born 1 December 1965 in Calcutta) is an Indian sport shooter who specializes in double trap and

trap A trap is a mechanical device used to capture or restrain an animal for purposes such as hunting, pest control, or ecological research. Trap or TRAP may also refer to: Art and entertainment Films and television * ''Trap'' (2015 film), Fil ...

. At the

2008 Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

, he finished in first place in the trap qualification. He also came first at the

2004 Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. In addition, he has medals from the

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...

and the Commonwealth Games. In the

1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games ( French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, from 18 to 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling, ...

in Victoria, British Columbia, he won a gold medal in the trap event. He also won the

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 1993.

Education

Singh graduated from

St. Columba's School, Delhi , motto_translation = "Dare to be wise, sincere and constant" , streetaddress = 1 Ashok Place , city = New Delhi , zipcode = 110001 , country = India , coordinates = , pushpin_map = India Delhi#India , pushpin_mapsize = 220 , establishe ...

in 1985, before studying at

St. Stephen's College, Delhi St. Stephen's College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi, widely regarded as one of the oldest and most prestigious colleges for arts and sciences in India. It was established in 1881 by the Cambridge Mission to Delhi. The college ...

Olympic Results

References

1965 births Living people Indian male sport shooters Shooters at the 1984 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for India Trap and double trap shooters Recipients of the Arjuna Award Shooters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Asian Games medalists in shooting St. Columba's School, Delhi alumni St. Stephen's College, Delhi alumni Sportspeople from Kolkata Shooters at the 1994 Asian Games Shooters at the 1998 Asian Games Shooters at the 2002 Asian Games Shooters at the 2006 Asian Games Shooters at the 2010 Asian Games Shooters at the 2014 Asian Games Commonwealth Games medallists in shooting Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India Sport shooters from Punjab, India Asian Games silver medalists for India Asian Games bronze medalists for India Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games {{India-sportshooting-bio-stub