Amit Sheoran

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{{for|the Indian Shooting Coach|Amit Sheoran (Shooting Coach)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}}
{{short description|Indian pistol shooting sportsman}}
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| fullname = Amit Sheoran
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| nationality = Indian
| birth_date = 19 Feb 1978
| birth_place = Angadpur, [[Baghpat]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
| residence = Angadpur, West UP, India
| employer = Aryangateways Sports Foundation
| height = 5 Feet 11 Inch
| weight = 80 Kg
| parents = Rajendar Singh (father)
| website = {{url|http://www.aryangateways.org}}
| country = India
| sport = [[Shooting|Pistol Shooting]]
| event = National
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| club = Veer Sahamal Rifle Club, Binauli
| team = Aryan Gateways
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| coach = Mahaboob Khan Pathan
| retired =
| coaching = Since 1996
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'''Amit Sheoran''' (born 19 February 1978 Angadpur, [[Baghpat]], India) is a [[Shooting|pistol shooting coach]], who also competed at a national level,<ref name="India Today">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/sport/story/20181231-sharp-shooter-the-sports-stars-1414596-2018-12-23|title=Sharp Shooter - The Sports Stars|author=Ashish Misra|date=23 December 2018|publisher=India Today|accessdate=11 January 2019}}</ref> He have to leave shooting game due to the death of his father.<ref name="Better India">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/157231/asian-games-saurabh-chaudhary-gold-medal-uttar-pradesh/|title=Named After a Revolutionary, This Tin Shed in UP Minted a Gold Medallist For India!|author=Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk|date=27 August 2018|publisher=The Better India|accessdate=11 January 2019}}</ref> In 2009, he began coaching with minimal facilities with [http://www.aryangateways.org/ Aryan Gateways Sports Foundation]<ref>{{Cite web|title=HOME|url=http://www.aryangateways.org/|access-date=2021-02-04|website=Aryan Gateways|language=en-US}}</ref> at village Binauli at district Baghpat of western Uttar-Pradesh. He has produced several national and international-level Indian pistol shooters.<ref name="India Times - Tin Shed">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/how-a-tin-shed-in-western-up-is-minting-medals/articleshow/65545701.cms|title=How a tin shed in western UP is minting medals|author=Avijit Ghosh|date=26 August 2018|publisher=Times of India|accessdate=11 January 2019}}</ref>He has coached [[Saurabh Chaudhary]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Saurabh Chaudhary|date=2021-02-04|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saurabh_Chaudhary&oldid=1004788062|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2021-02-04}}</ref>

== Early life ==
From around 1995, Sheoran was coached by Mahboob Khan Pathan and entered state- and national-level events.

== Coaching career ==
In 2009 he started a tin-shed shooting range with five students, one [[air rifle]] and an old [[air pistol]].<ref name="India Times - Tin Shed"/> The shed is named after a 1857 anti-British revolutionary.<ref name="India Times - Tin Shed"/> In 2016 the father of an old student gifted a small parcel of land - sufficient to allow a marginally larger shed (16x12 sqm) with, for the first time, a pair of fans.<ref name="India Times - Tin Shed"/> He later founded Aryan Gateways.

== Performance by [[Saurabh Chaudhary]] ==
<ref>{{Citation|title=Saurabh Chaudhary|date=2021-02-04|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saurabh_Chaudhary&oldid=1004788062|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2021-02-04}}</ref>
=== 2018 ===
Saurabh 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shooting World Cup: Saurabh Chaudhary breaks World Record to win 10m air pistol gold, secures Olympic quota – Times of India|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/shooting-world-cup-saurabh-chaudhary-breaks-world-record-to-win-10m-air-pistol-gold-secures-olympic-quota/amp_articleshow/68137367.cms|website=timesofindia.com}}</ref>

=== 2019 ===
In February he won the gold medal at [[ISSF World Cup]] in Delhi.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shooting World Cup: Saurabh Chaudhary breaks World Record to win 10m air pistol gold, secures Olympic quota – Times of India|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/shooting-world-cup-saurabh-chaudhary-breaks-world-record-to-win-10m-air-pistol-gold-secures-olympic-quota/amp_articleshow/68137367.cms|website=timesofindia.com}}</ref>

In April, he participated in Mixed Team 10m pistol with [[Manu Bhaker]] and won gold at [[ISSF World Cup|ISSF World Cup in Beijing]]<ref>{{Citation|title=2019 ISSF World Cup|date=2020-11-01|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2019_ISSF_World_Cup&oldid=986489853|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2021-02-04}}</ref>

In May he won gold and broke the world and junior records in 10m pistol [[ISSF World Cup]] in Munich.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ISSF World Cup, Munich 2019: Result 10m Air Pistol Men|url=https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/results/detail.ashx?cshipid=2545&resultkey=3b3b303b415036303b313b463b493b313b303b30|access-date=5 June 2019|website=www.issf-sports.org}}</ref>

=== 2020 ===
In January 2020,he won 63rd gold at the [https://thenrai.in/details.aspx?view=3121 63rd National Shooting Championship]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thenrai.in/details.aspx?view=3121|access-date=2021-02-04|website=thenrai.in}}</ref> in men's 10 metre air pistol.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Srinivasan|first=Kamesh|title=Saurabh Chaudhary wins gold in National Shooting Championship|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/shooting/saurabh-chaudhary-gold-10-metre-air-pistol-national-shooting-championship-sarabjot-singh-final/article30479501.ece|access-date=6 January 2020|website=Sportstar|language=en}}</ref>

== Pupils and Students ==
*[[Saurabh Chaudhary]] - Gold medal in 2018 Asian Games,<ref name="India Today"/>
*[https://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHINDM1212200301 Monu Kumar]<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=|url=https://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHINDM1212200301|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> is the athlete of [https://sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in/index1.asp?ls_id=3812 TOPs scheme] by Sports Authority of India.
*Yuvika Tomar<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=|url=http://results.sius.com/ResultsArchive/2019%20ASIAN%20SHOOTING%20CHAMPIONSHIP%20Doha/10m/AP60WJ/3_QUAL/Shots/1321.pdf?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> is the finalist of Khelo India Program and [https://sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in/index1.asp?ls_id=3812 TOPs scheme] by [https://sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in/ Sports Authority of India (SAI)].
*62nd National Sh. Championship, 2018 ''Trivantpuram, Kerla''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thenrai.in/details.aspx?view=2852|website=www.thenrai.in|access-date=2019-03-08}}</ref> ''got Five Gold & a Silver with record.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/shooting/62nd-national-shooting-championships-om-prakash-mitharwal-defeats-saurabh-chaudhary/article25691290.ece|title=National Shooting Ch'ships: Om Prakash shocks Saurabh Choudhary to win gold|last=VINOD|first=A.|website=Sportstar|language=en|access-date=2019-03-08}}</ref>
*''ISSF World Cup, Delhi 2018''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/sports/saurabh-chaudhary-wins-gold-with-world-record-secures-olympic-quota/article26356942.ece|title=ISSF World Cup: Saurabh Chaudhary wins gold with world record, secures Olympic quota|last=PTI|website=@businessline|language=en|access-date=2019-03-08}}</ref> won Gold with "World record"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/saurabh-chaudhary-wins-world-cup-gold-with-a-record-clinches-tokyo-olympics-berth-too/articleshow/68145829.cms|title=Saurabh Chaudhary wins World Cup gold with a record, clinches Tokyo Olympics berth too - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2019-03-08}}</ref>
*[[Deepender Singh]] - Gold medal in 2017 World Shooting Para Sport World Cup<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indianshooting.com/mstories/deepender-singh-wins-gold-at-para-shooting-world-cup/|title=Deepender Singh wins gold at Para Shooting World Cup|last=Administrator|date=2017-11-09|website=Indian Shooting|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-08}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Paralympic Committee of India]]
*[[National Rifle Association of India]]

== References ==
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