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Amit Sheoran


Amit Sheoran (born 19 February 1978 Angadpur, Baghpat, India) is a pistol shooting coach, who also competed at a national level,[1] He had to leave shooting due to the death of his father.[2] In 2009, he began coaching with minimal facilities with Aryan Gateways Sports Foundation[3] at village Binauli at district Baghpat of western Uttar-Pradesh. He has produced several national and international-level Indian pistol shooters.[4] He has coached Saurabh Chaudhary.[5]

Amit Sheoran
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Personal information
Full nameAmit Sheoran
NationalityIndian
Born19 Feb 1978
Angadpur, Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, India
EmployerAryangateways Sports Foundation
Height5 Feet 11 Inch
Weight80 Kg
Websitewww.aryangateways.org
Sport
CountryIndia
SportPistol shooting
ClubVeer Sahamal Rifle Club, Binauli
TeamAryan Gateways
Coached byMahaboob Khan Pathan
Now coachingSince 1996

Early lifeEdit

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

Coaching careerEdit

In 2009 he started a tin-shed shooting range with five students, one air rifle and an old air pistol.[4] The shed is named after a 1857 anti-British revolutionary.[4] 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.[4] He later founded Aryan Gateways.

Performance by Saurabh ChaudharyEdit

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2018Edit

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.[6]

2019Edit

In February he won the gold medal at ISSF World Cup in Delhi.[6]

In April, he participated in Mixed Team 10m pistol with Manu Bhaker and won gold at ISSF World Cup in Beijing[7]

In May he won gold and broke the world and junior records in 10m pistol ISSF World Cup in Munich.[8]

2020Edit

In January 2020,he won 63rd gold at the 63rd National Shooting Championship[9] in men's 10 metre air pistol.[10]

Pupils and StudentsEdit

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ashish Misra (23 December 2018). "Sharp Shooter - The Sports Stars". India Today. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  2. ↑ Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk (27 August 2018). "Named After a Revolutionary, This Tin Shed in UP Minted a Gold Medallist For India!". The Better India. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "HOME". Aryan Gateways. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Avijit Ghosh (26 August 2018). "How a tin shed in western UP is minting medals". Times of India. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Saurabh Chaudhary", Wikipedia, 4 February 2021, retrieved 4 February 2021
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Shooting World Cup: Saurabh Chaudhary breaks World Record to win 10m air pistol gold, secures Olympic quota – Times of India". timesofindia.com.
  7. ↑ "2019 ISSF World Cup", Wikipedia, 1 November 2020, retrieved 4 February 2021
  8. ↑ "ISSF World Cup, Munich 2019: Result 10m Air Pistol Men". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  9. ↑ thenrai.in https://thenrai.in/details.aspx?view=3121. Retrieved 4 February 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ Srinivasan, Kamesh. "Saurabh Chaudhary wins gold in National Shooting Championship". Sportstar. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  11. ↑ https://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHINDM1212200301. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ↑ (PDF) http://results.sius.com/ResultsArchive/2019%20ASIAN%20SHOOTING%20CHAMPIONSHIP%20Doha/10m/AP60WJ/3_QUAL/Shots/1321.pdf?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ↑ www.thenrai.in http://www.thenrai.in/details.aspx?view=2852. Retrieved 8 March 2019. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ↑ VINOD, A. "National Shooting Ch'ships: Om Prakash shocks Saurabh Choudhary to win gold". Sportstar. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  15. ↑ PTI (24 February 2019). "ISSF World Cup: Saurabh Chaudhary wins gold with world record, secures Olympic quota". @businessline. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  16. ↑ "Saurabh Chaudhary wins World Cup gold with a record, clinches Tokyo Olympics berth too - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  17. ↑ Administrator (9 November 2017). "Deepender Singh wins gold at Para Shooting World Cup". Indian Shooting. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
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