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<div>{{short description|Indian sport shooter}}<br />
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{{Infobox sportsperson<br />
| name = Shagun Chowdhary<br />
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| birth_name = Shagun Chowdhary<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|6|26|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Jaipur]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]<br />
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Education= Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls School, Jaipur <br />
| sport = [[Shooting|Shooter]]<br />
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| yearsactive = 1983–present<br />
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'''Shagun Chowdhary''' (born in 1983) is an [[India]]n [[shooting sports|shooter]] from [[Jaipur]], [[Rajasthan]]. She did her schooling from Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls School, Jaipur. Shagun Chowdhary finished in 20th place in the trap shooting event at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] taking place in London.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Trap results - Shooting - London 2012 Olympics|url = http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/shooting/trap-w|website = www.olympic.org|accessdate = 2015-06-15}}</ref> Shagun Chowdhary is supported by the [[Olympic Gold Quest]].<br />
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Shagun, is a player of [[ONGC]], attributes her success to coach Marcello Dradi from [[Italy]] and her sports psychologist Vaibhav Agashe. In 2005 Shagun Chowdhary also made a bold move of shifting from double trap to trap. Her father, Sushil Chowdhary, introduced her to Skeet Shooting when she was just 2-years old.<ref name="sports-hai"/><br />
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She is the first Indian woman to qualify for the [[Olympic trap shooting]] event.<ref name="mid-day"/> In London 2012 with a score of 61 in the qualifying round she stood at the 20th position and was unable to move to the finals.<br />
Shagun Chowdhay bagged a national championship crown on winning the women's trap event at the 61st National Shooting Championship on Thursday 16 November 2017.{{fact|date=September 2018}}<br />
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<ref name="mid-day">{{Cite news |url=http://www.mid-day.com/sports/2012/mar/010312-sports-Its-not-been-an-easy-ride-for-Shagun-Chowdhary.htm |title=It's not been an easy ride for Shagun Chowdhary |newspaper=[[Mid Day]] |first=Vivek |last=Ajinkya |date=1 March 2012}}</ref><br />
<ref name="sports-hai">{{Cite news |url=http://sportshai.com/shagun-chowdhary-at-olympics-2012-indias-shooting-medal-contender/243 |title=Shagun Chowdhary at Olympics 2012}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Indian female sport shooters]]<br />
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[[Category:Sport shooters from Jaipur]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic shooters of India]]<br />
[[Category:Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:1983 births]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in shooting]]<br />
[[Category:Shooters at the 2010 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Shooters at the 2014 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Sportswomen from Rajasthan]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian women]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games]]<br />
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