Mehuli Ghosh is an Indian sports shooter who has represented India in several international youth shooting championships around the world. She made headlines on July 13, 2022, when she and shooting partner Shahu Tushar Mane won the gold medal in the 10m air rifle mixed team finals at the ISSF Shooting World Cup in Changwon, South Korea.
Mehuli Ghosh and Tushar Mane pose after winning the gold medal in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Finals at the ISSF World Cup Rifle Championships 2022 in Changwon, South Korea
Wiki/Biography
Mehuli Ghosh was born on Monday, November 20, 2000, in Kalyani, West Bengal (age 21; as of 2022). Her zodiac sign is Scorpio. She completed her school education from Techno India Group Public School, Chinsurla, Hooghly. According to Mehuli Ghosh, in 2013, she started watching rifle shooting and swimming on national television. The next year, her father worked hard to raise money to enroll her in the Serampore Rifles Club in West Bengal so that Mehuli could continue her sporting career. She said in an interview with the media,
I find shooting interesting because it is not a well known sport. Then I started collecting news and other relevant information about the shooting. My father was a casual employee of the West Bengal government and it took him a year to raise enough money to allow me to pursue my passion. Then I joined Serampore Rifles Club in 2014. “
Some time after joining the Serampore Rifle Club, Mehuli Ghosh accidentally hit the club staff with a rifle bullet during practice. Soon, she was banned from the club. Later, she started training in rifle shooting under former Indian Olympic finalist and Arjuna Award winner Joydeep Karmarkar and joined Karmarkar) Shooting Academy and Club.
Mehuli Ghosh and her shooting coach Joydeep Karmakar
appearance
Height (approximately): 4′ 9″
Weight (approximately): 48kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Her father’s name is Nemai Ghosh, a former West Bengal government employee. Her mother’s name is Metali Ghosh.
Mehuli Ghosh and her mother Mitali Ghosh
husband
Mehuri Ghosh is not married yet.
Profession
In 2016, Mehuli Ghosh began participating in India’s national shooting competitions. In 2016, she won two gold medals and seven silver medals at the Indian National Shooting Championships in Pune. Subsequently, she participated in multiple national youth shooting championships in 2017 and won eight gold medals and three bronze medals. In the same year, Mehuli Ghosh participated in the Youth Shooting Championship in the Czech Republic and finished seventh. She participated in the 2017 World Youth Shooting Championships in Germany and finished 17th. At the end of 2017, she participated in the Asian Championships held in Wako City, Japan, and scored 420.1 points in the 10m rifle shooting event. After winning this competition, she qualified for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games. Mehuli Ghosh is the winner of two World Cup medals at the ISSF World Cup in Mexico. After winning these medals, she became one of the youngest Indian players to win these medals. She then competed in the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. At the 21st Commonwealth Games, Mehuli Ghosh defeated Singaporean-Filipino sports shooter Martina Veloso in the women’s 10m air rifle shooting championship. Earn a silver medal. After winning this event, the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) ranked Mehuli Ghosh sixth in the world and third in Asia.
Mehuli Ghosh wins silver in women’s 10m air rifle final at Gold Coast Commonwealth Games
In 2018, Mehuli Ghosh finished seventh at the Junior Shooting Championship in the Czech Republic. During these tournaments, she was the only Indian shooter to reach the finals of the tournament. That same year, she competed in the ISSF World Cup Championships and won two bronze medals. The following year, Mehuli Ghosh won a gold medal at the South Asian Games in Nepal.
Mehuli Ghosh after winning gold at South Asian Games in Nepal 2019
In 2023, she participated in the ISSF World Shooting Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. She won the bronze medal in the women’s 10-meter air rifle final with a score of 229.8. Ghosh finished third in the championship, earning India a spot at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Mehuli Ghosh after winning bronze medal at ISSF World Shooting Championship 2023
Awards
In 2019, Mehuli Ghosh was awarded the Special Sports Award by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her excellence in shooting sports.
Mehuli Ghosh receives special sports award from Mamta Banerjee
The following year, she was named Young Female Athlete of the Year at the Sports Stars Ace Awards.
Favorites
- Cuisine: Chinese and Bengali
Facts/Trivia
- Mehuli Ghosh enjoys listening to music, watching sports movies, comedy and horror movies and shopping is her favorite pastime. In an interview with the media, Mehuli Ghosh revealed that she loves the beach and cherishes traveling to foreign countries such as the Maldives in her spare time.
- According to some media sources, when Mehuli Ghosh was banned from the Serampore Rifles Club for accidentally firing into a spectator, she was demoralized and fell into a state of depression. Subsequently, her parents consulted a psychiatrist and provided psychological counseling and treatment to Meihuli to regain her fighting spirit in sports.
- Mehuli is a fitness enthusiast. She often practices yoga before rehearsing shooting to improve her concentration during exercise.
Mehuli Ghosh practices yoga
- She frequently posts photos and videos of herself on various social media platforms. Mehuli Ghosh is followed by more than 6000 people on Instagram. On Twitter, she is followed by more than 8,000 people. Her Facebook page is followed by more than 26,000 people.
- Mehuli Ghosh is trained by her national coach Randhir Singh. Joydeep Karmarkar is her personal trainer.
- In 2019, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent a thank you email to Mehuli Ghosh for her outstanding performance in shooting sports.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulates Mehuli Ghosh on his success at CWG
- Mehuli Ghosh enjoys practicing karate, swimming and shooting.
- While talking to the media, Mehuli Ghosh said that Abhinav Bindra and Joydeep Karmakar were her inspirations to choose shooting as a sports career. She added that at the age of eight, she started watching Abhinav Bindra on national television soon after he won a merit medal for India. she says,
I was 8 years old and didn’t quite understand what was going on, but I kept watching until this guy won India’s only individual gold medal in the Olympics! For a moment I wanted to win it too… A thousand people must have the same dream… Thank you sir. “
Mehuli Ghosh poses with Abhinav Bindra
- Mehuli Ghosh enjoys planting saplings at home in his free time and often participates in local tree planting events.
Mehuli Ghosh plants saplings at home
- In a conversation with media reporters, Mehuli Ghosh talked about her eating habits. During the discussion, she said she enjoyed eating Chinese and Bengali food at home, but she hated eating carrots.
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Source: HIS Education