Sarabjot Singh Bhangu

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Sarabjot Singh Bhangu

Sarabjot Singh Bhangu (30 September 2001) is an Indian sport shooter who specializes in the 10 m air pistol discipline. He is an Olympic medallist, having won a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event alongside Manu Bhaker.[1]

Early life and education

Sarabjot hails from Dheen village of Ambala, Barara block, Haryana.[2] He is the son of Jatinder Singh, a farmer and Hardeep Kaur, a homemaker. He studied at DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh. He trains under coach Abhishek Rana at the Ambala Cantt-based AR Shooting Academy in Central Phoenix Club.[3]

Career

Singh is part of the Indian shooting team at the 2022 Asian Games, Hangzhou, China.[4] Indian 10m air pistol team of Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Singh Cheema and Shiva Narwal beat China to win the gold at the 2022 Asian Games.[5] Sarabjot also won the silver medal for India in the mixed 10m air pistol with Divya T.S. in the Asian Games shooting competitions.[6]

Earlier in 2021, he won the gold in both the individual and team events of the World Championships. In 2019, he won gold in the ISSF Junior World Cup.

He won the bronze medal in 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event with Manu Bhaker.[7]

Gallery

References

  1. "Paris Olympics: Another Olympic medal for Manu Bhaker as she wins 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event bronze-medal match with Sarabjot Singh". The Times of India. 30 July 2024.
  2. "Who is Sarabjot Singh? Shooter who clinched Bronze at Paris Olympics 2024 with Manu Bhaker". Business Today. 30 July 2024.
  3. "Sarabjot adds another feather in DAV College's cap with team shooting gold at Asiad". Hindustan Times. 29 September 2023.
  4. "Indian shooters at Asian Games: Events, key dates, format and rules". ESPN. 24 September 2023.
  5. "Asian Games 2023: Shooters Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Singh Cheema And Shiva Narwal Power India To 6th Gold, Win 10m Air Pistol Team Event". Zee News.
  6. "Sarabjot, Divya get silver after losing thriller to China, Indian shooters bag their 19th medal at Asian Games 2023". Hindustan Times. 30 September 2023.
  7. ["Sarabjot, Divya get silver after losing thriller to China, Indian shooters bag their 19th medal at Asian Games 2023". Hindustan Times. 30 September 2023. "Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot Singh win bronze as India shoots second Olympic medal". India Today.]

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