Sarabjot Singh and Manu Bhaker received India’s second medal on the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, combining to say a bronze within the 10m air pistol blended group occasion. Sarabjot Singh and Manu Bhaker defeated Koreans Oh Ye Jin and Lee Wonho 16-10 within the bronze medal contest to safe their place on the rostrum.
Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh had certified for the bronze medal shoot-off with a rating of 580 within the 10m Air Pistol Combined Qualification Spherical.
Whereas Manu Bhaker had already received a medal on the Paris Olympics, Sarabjot Singh turned solely the sixth Indian shooter to win an Olympic medal.
Right here’s all the things that you must find out about Sarabjot Singh
Sarabjot Singh is the son of a farmer
Sarabjot hails from Dheen village of Ambala, Haryana. He’s the son of Jatinder Singh, a farmer and Hardeep Kaur, a homemaker. He studied at DAV Faculty, Chandigarh. He trains underneath coach Abhishek Rana.
Sarabjot Singh noticed a couple of youngsters wielding air weapons at a makeshift vary throughout a summer time camp. He was 13 then and harboured hopes of turning into a footballer. However the sight of children aiming at paper targets with pistols didn’t
go away his thoughts. In 2014, He went to his father and mentioned, ‘Dad, I need to pursue capturing. His father Jitender Singh, a farmer, instructed his son that the game is fairly costly. However finally, Sarabjot insisted for months to play capturing and he received the Gold medal at Junior World Championship, Suhl in 2019.
Sarabjot Singh of India celebrates his bronze medal win. (Reuters)
Sarabjot Singh’s medals and achievements
Asian Video games 2022: Gold medal in group occasion and silver medal in blended group occasion.
Asian Championship 2023, Korea: Bronze medal within the 10m air pistol particular person occasion together with Olympics 2024 quota place for the nation
ISSF World Cup 2023 in Bhopal: Gold medal within the Particular person occasion
World Cup 2023 in Baku in 2023: Gold medal in blended group occasion
Junior World Cup 2022 in Suhl: 1 Gold medal in group occasion & 2 Silver medals in particular person & blended group occasions.
Junior World Championship 2021 in Lima: 2 Gold medals in group & blended group occasions.
A younger Sarabjot with coach Abhishek Rana and father. (Particular association)
Full listing of Indian capturing medallists to date on the Olympics