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	'''Ganemat Sekhon''' (born 29 November 2000) is an Indian [[Shooting\|sport shooter]] ~~from [[Chandigarh]]. She~~ specializes in [[Skeet shooting\|skeet]]. ~~She won India's~~ first ~~ever~~ medal in the Women's skeet event of [[~~2021~~ ISSF ~~World Cup\|ISSF Shooting~~ World Cup]] ~~in March 2021~~.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2021-03-21\|title=Ganemat Sekhon wins India's first World Cup medal in women's skeet\|url=https://zeenews.india.com/other-sports/ganemat-sekhon-wins-indias-first-world-cup-medal-in-womens-skeet-2349436.html\|access-date=2021-05-17\|website=Zee News\|language=en}}</ref> ~~Sekhon~~ is [[right handed]] and is right eye dominant.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2018-12-08\|title=Ganemat Sekhon {{!}} Indian Shooting Player, Wiki, ISSF Player Profile {{!}} Sportsbeatsindia\|url=https://sportsbeatsindia.com/player/ganemat-sekhon/\|access-date=2021-05-17\|language=en-US}}</ref>		'''Ganemat Sekhon''' (born 29 November 2000) is an Indian [[Shooting sports\|sport shooter]] who specializes in [[Skeet shooting\|skeet]]. At the [[2021 ISSF World Cup]] in [[New Delhi]], Sekhon became the first Indian to win a medal in the Women's skeet event of an [[ISSF World Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2021-03-21\|title=Ganemat Sekhon wins India's first World Cup medal in women's skeet\|url=https://zeenews.india.com/other-sports/ganemat-sekhon-wins-indias-first-world-cup-medal-in-womens-skeet-2349436.html\|access-date=2021-05-17\|website=Zee News\|language=en}}</ref> She is [[right handed]] and is right eye dominant.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2018-12-08 \|title=Ganemat Sekhon {{!}} Indian Shooting Player, Wiki, ISSF Player Profile {{!}} Sportsbeatsindia \|url=https://sportsbeatsindia.com/player/ganemat-sekhon/ \|access-date=2021-05-17 \|language=en-US}}</ref> She is part of the Indian shooting team at the Asian Games, [[Hangzhou]], [[China]]. She was part of the Indian women's skeet team along with [[Darshna Rathore]] and [[Parinaaz Dhaliwal]], that finished fourth in the [[Asian Games]] shooting competitions.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Scroll Staff \|date=2023-09-27 \|title=Asian Games, Shooting: Led by Sift Kaur Samra’s gold, India win seven medals on Wednesday \|url=https://scroll.in/field/1056681/asian-games-shooting-led-by-sift-kaur-samras-gold-india-win-seven-medals-on-wednesday \|access-date=2023-09-27 \|website=Scroll.in \|language=en-US}}</ref>

	== Early life ==		== Early life ==
	Sekhon is born at Chandigarh, a [[Union territory\|union territory of India]] on 29 November 2000.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation - issf-sports.org\|url=https://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHINDW2911200001\|access-date=2021-05-17\|website=www.issf-sports.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Ganemat Sekhon {{!}} Indian Olympic Association\|url=https://www.olympic.ind.in/athlete/ganemat-sekhon\|access-date=2021-05-17\|website=www.olympic.ind.in}}</ref>		Sekhon was born at [[Chandigarh]], a [[Union territory\|union territory of India]] on 29 November 2000.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation - issf-sports.org\|url=https://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHINDW2911200001\|access-date=2021-05-17\|website=www.issf-sports.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Ganemat Sekhon {{!}} Indian Olympic Association\|url=https://www.olympic.ind.in/athlete/ganemat-sekhon\|access-date=2021-05-17\|website=www.olympic.ind.in}}</ref>

	== Career ==		== Career ==
	Sekhon began shooting in 2015 on the instruction of her father Amrinder Singh when she was 15.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2021-03-22\|title=Behind Ganemat's golden gun, Italian craftsmanship and a Chandigarh furniture fix\|url=https://www.espn.in/shooting/story/_/id/31111253/issf-shooting-world-cup-ganemat-sekhon-historic-medal-combination-italian-craftsmanship-chandigarh-furniture-making\|access-date=2021-05-17\|website=ESPN\|language=en}}</ref> She made her international debut at the ISSF Junior World Cup in 2016 at [[Suhl]] in which she placed 33.		Sekhon began shooting in 2015 on the instruction of her father Amrinder Singh when she was 15.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2021-03-22\|title=Behind Ganemat's golden gun, Italian craftsmanship and a Chandigarh furniture fix\|url=https://www.espn.in/shooting/story/_/id/31111253/issf-shooting-world-cup-ganemat-sekhon-historic-medal-combination-italian-craftsmanship-chandigarh-furniture-making\|access-date=2021-05-17\|website=ESPN\|language=en}}</ref> She made her international debut at the [[ISSF Junior World Cup]] in 2016 at [[Suhl]] in which she placed 33.

	In 2018, she become the first Indian female skeet shooter to win a medal at the Junior ~~ISSF~~ World ~~Championship~~ at [[Sydney]], [[Australia]] when she won the bronze.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2021-03-21\|title=Shooter Ganemat Sekhon gives Indian women's skeet a podium facelift\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/others/indias-ganemat-sekhon-settles-for-bronze-in-women-s-skeet-101616326501420.html\|access-date=2021-05-17\|website=Hindustan Times\|language=en}}</ref> She won the Asian Championships silver medal in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web\|~~last1=Mar 22\|first1~~=Jaspreet Sahni ~~/ TIMESOFINDIA COM / Updated~~\|~~last2~~=2021~~\|last3=Ist\|first3=11:59~~\|title=Ganemat Sekhon: Home range, father's presence pushed Ganemat to create skeet history for India {{!}} More sports News - Times of India\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/home-range-fathers-presence-pushed-ganemat-to-create-skeet-history-for-india/articleshow/81627003.cms\|access-date=2021-05-17\|website=The Times of India\|language=en}}</ref> Sekhon won bronze in the 2021 ISSF Shooting World Cup Women's Skeet event at [[New Delhi]], the first for India in a women's event.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Srinivasan\|first=Kamesh\|date=2021-03-21\|title=A day to remember for Ganemat\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/a-day-to-remember-for-ganemat/article34125604.ece\|access-date=2021-05-17\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=2021-03-21\|title=ISSF World Cup: Ganemat Sekhon settles for bronze in women's skeet\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/issf-world-cup-ganemat-sekhon-women-skeet-bronze-medal-7238542/\|access-date=2021-05-17\|website=The Indian Express\|language=en}}</ref>		In 2018, she become the first Indian female skeet shooter to win a medal at the ISSF Junior World Cup at [[Sydney]], [[Australia]] when she won the bronze.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2021-03-21\|title=Shooter Ganemat Sekhon gives Indian women's skeet a podium facelift\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/others/indias-ganemat-sekhon-settles-for-bronze-in-women-s-skeet-101616326501420.html\|access-date=2021-05-17\|website=Hindustan Times\|language=en}}</ref> She won the Asian Championships silver medal in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web\|author=Jaspreet Sahni\|date=Mar 22, 2021\|title=Ganemat Sekhon: Home range, father's presence pushed Ganemat to create skeet history for India {{!}} More sports News - Times of India\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/home-range-fathers-presence-pushed-ganemat-to-create-skeet-history-for-india/articleshow/81627003.cms\|access-date=2021-05-17\|website=The Times of India\|language=en}}</ref> Sekhon won bronze in the 2021 ISSF Shooting World Cup Women's Skeet event at New Delhi, the first for India in a women's event.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Srinivasan\|first=Kamesh\|date=2021-03-21\|title=A day to remember for Ganemat\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/a-day-to-remember-for-ganemat/article34125604.ece\|access-date=2021-05-17\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=2021-03-21\|title=ISSF World Cup: Ganemat Sekhon settles for bronze in women's skeet\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/issf-world-cup-ganemat-sekhon-women-skeet-bronze-medal-7238542/\|access-date=2021-05-17\|website=The Indian Express\|language=en}}</ref> She also won a gold in Skeet Mixed Team and a silver in Skeet Women Team at the same venue.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Result Skeet Mixed Team \|url=https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/results/detail.ashx?cshipid=2986&resultkey=3b3b303b534b4d49583b323b463b543b313b303b30 \|access-date=2023-05-26 \|website=www.issf-sports.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Result Skeet Team Women \|url=https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/results/detail.ashx?cshipid=2986&resultkey=3b3b303b534b5445414d573b303b463b543b313b303b30 \|access-date=2023-05-26 \|website=www.issf-sports.org}}</ref>

			At the [[2021 ISSF Junior World Championships]], Sekhon won gold and silver in the Women's Skeet team and individual event, respectively.<ref>{{Cite news\|date=2021-10-02\|title=After silver, Ganemat Sekhon helps Indian women's skeet team win gold at Junior World Championships
			\|url=https://thebridge.in/shooting/ganemat-sekhon-women-skeet-india-gold-junior-world-championships-25644\|access-date=2021-10-05\|website=The Bridge\|language=en}}</ref>

			Sekhon won gold in the Skeet Mixed Team event along with [[Mairaj Ahmad Khan]] at the [[2023 ISSF World Cup]] in [[Cairo]].<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Sportstar \|first=Team \|date=2023-04-30 \|title=India’s Mairaj Khan and Ganemat Sekhon strike gold at the Shotgun World Cup \|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/shooting/india-shooter-mairaj-khan-ganemat-sekhon-win-gold-issf-shotgun-world-cup-2023-shooting-news/article66797131.ece \|access-date=2023-05-26 \|website=sportstar.thehindu.com \|language=en}}</ref> This was followed by a silver medal in the Skeet Women event in [[Almaty]].<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2023-05-23 \|title=ISSF World Cup: Historic silver-bronze finish for Ganemat Sekhon and Darshna Rathore \|work=The Times of India \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/issf-world-cup-historic-silver-bronze-finish-for-ganemat-sekhon-and-darshna-rathore/articleshow/100448138.cms?from=mdr \|access-date=2023-05-26 \|issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

	== References ==		== References ==

	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}

			== External links ==
			* [https://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHINDW2911200001 Ganemat Sekhon] at the [[International Shooting Sport Federation]]

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'''Ganemat Sekhon''' (born 29 November 2000) is an Indian [[Shooting|sport shooter]] from [[Chandigarh]]. She specializes in [[Skeet shooting|skeet]]. She won India's first ever medal in the Women's skeet event of [[2021 ISSF World Cup|ISSF Shooting World Cup]] in March 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-21|title=Ganemat Sekhon wins India's first World Cup medal in women's skeet|url=https://zeenews.india.com/other-sports/ganemat-sekhon-wins-indias-first-world-cup-medal-in-womens-skeet-2349436.html|access-date=2021-05-17|website=Zee News|language=en}}</ref> Sekhon is [[right handed]] and is right eye dominant.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-12-08|title=Ganemat Sekhon {{!}} Indian Shooting Player, Wiki, ISSF Player Profile {{!}} Sportsbeatsindia|url=https://sportsbeatsindia.com/player/ganemat-sekhon/|access-date=2021-05-17|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Sekhon is born at Chandigarh, a [[Union territory|union territory of India]] on 29 November 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation - issf-sports.org|url=https://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHINDW2911200001|access-date=2021-05-17|website=www.issf-sports.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ganemat Sekhon {{!}} Indian Olympic Association|url=https://www.olympic.ind.in/athlete/ganemat-sekhon|access-date=2021-05-17|website=www.olympic.ind.in}}</ref>

== Career ==
Sekhon began shooting in 2015 on the instruction of her father Amrinder Singh when she was 15.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-22|title=Behind Ganemat's golden gun, Italian craftsmanship and a Chandigarh furniture fix|url=https://www.espn.in/shooting/story/_/id/31111253/issf-shooting-world-cup-ganemat-sekhon-historic-medal-combination-italian-craftsmanship-chandigarh-furniture-making|access-date=2021-05-17|website=ESPN|language=en}}</ref> She made her international debut at the ISSF Junior World Cup in 2016 at [[Suhl]] in which she placed 33.

In 2018, she become the first Indian female skeet shooter to win a medal at the Junior ISSF World Championship at [[Sydney]], [[Australia]] when she won the bronze.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-21|title=Shooter Ganemat Sekhon gives Indian women's skeet a podium facelift|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/others/indias-ganemat-sekhon-settles-for-bronze-in-women-s-skeet-101616326501420.html|access-date=2021-05-17|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> She won the Asian Championships silver medal in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Mar 22|first1=Jaspreet Sahni / TIMESOFINDIA COM / Updated|last2=2021|last3=Ist|first3=11:59|title=Ganemat Sekhon: Home range, father's presence pushed Ganemat to create skeet history for India {{!}} More sports News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/home-range-fathers-presence-pushed-ganemat-to-create-skeet-history-for-india/articleshow/81627003.cms|access-date=2021-05-17|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> Sekhon won bronze in the 2021 ISSF Shooting World Cup Women's Skeet event at [[New Delhi]], the first for India in a women's event.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Srinivasan|first=Kamesh|date=2021-03-21|title=A day to remember for Ganemat|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/a-day-to-remember-for-ganemat/article34125604.ece|access-date=2021-05-17|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-21|title=ISSF World Cup: Ganemat Sekhon settles for bronze in women's skeet|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/issf-world-cup-ganemat-sekhon-women-skeet-bronze-medal-7238542/|access-date=2021-05-17|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>

== References ==

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