Saurabh Chaudhary is an Indian 10m air pistol shooter. In 2018, he became one of the youngest Indian shooters to win a gold medal at the Asian Games.
Wiki/Biography
Saurabh was born on Sunday, May 12, 2002 in Kalina, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh (age 19, 2021). His zodiac sign is Taurus. He attended Guru Govind Singh Public School in Rota, Uttar Pradesh.
appearance
Height: 5′8″
Weight (approximately): 60 kg
Eye color: dark brown
Hair color: black
family
His father Jagmohan Singh Chaudhary was a farmer. His mother’s name is Brajesh Devi. His elder siblings are Nitin Chaudhary and Sakshi Chaudhary.
Saurabh Chaudhry’s father
Saurabh Chaudhry’s mother
Saurabh Chaudhry’s younger brother
Profession
As a child, he often went to the village to visit local delicacies and play shooting games, and he became interested in shooting. When he was 11 years old, he met Indian pistol shooting coach Amit Hiran at the “Virshahmar Rifle Club” shooting range in Baghpat Binauli, Uttar Pradesh, 15 kilometers away from his hometown. Saurabh took shooting lessons and practiced shooting on a local bus with his friends every day.
Veer Shahmal Rifle Club, Binauli, Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh
In 2016, he made his international debut at the Asian Championships in Tehran. After extensive training, he won medals in various domestic and international competitions such as ISSF World Championships, ISSF World Cup, Youth Olympic Games, Asian Games, Asian Airsoft Championships, etc. He became the youngest Indian to win a gold medal at the Asian Games held in 2018.
His personal coach is Amit Sheoran and his national team coach is Jaspal Rana. Saurabh participated in AP60, APMIX and APTEAMM shooting competitions. He is associated with the shooting club ‘Veer Sahamal Rifles Club’.
Saurabh Chaudhary’s coach Amit Sheoran
Saurabh has won several medals in the air pistol mixed team event along with Indian shooter Manu Bakker.
Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker at ISSF World Cup 2019
In 2018, the Uttar Pradesh government announced an incentive of Rs. Saurabh Chaudhary received Rs 50 lakh and a gazetted position. In 2021, he secured an Olympic quota to represent India in the air pistol shooting competition at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The event has been postponed until 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Record
- Best score among teenagers: 243.7 (ISSF Youth World Cup, Germany)
- Best result in Asian Games: 240.7
medal
gold
- 2018: Youth Olympic Games 10m air pistol event held in Buenos Aires
- 2018: World Youth Championship 10m Air Pistol event held in Changwon
- 2018: Asian Games 10m air pistol event held in Palembang
- 2018: ISSF Youth World Cup 10m Air Pistol event held in Sur
- 2018: ISSF Youth World Cup mixed team 10m air pistol event held in Sur
- 2018: ISSF Youth World Cup 10m Air Pistol Youth Competition held in Sur
- 2019: ISSF World Cup 10m Air Pistol event held in New Delhi
- 2019: ISSF World Cup 10m air pistol event held in Munich
- 2019: ISSF World Cup mixed team 10m air pistol event held in New Delhi
- 2019: ISSF World Cup Mixed Team 10m Air Pistol Competition held in Beijing
- 2019: ISSF World Cup mixed team 10m air pistol competition held in Munich
- 2019: ISSF World Cup Rio de Janeiro Mixed Team 10m Air Pistol Competition
- 2021: ISSF World Cup 10m Air Pistol event held in New Delhi
- 2021: ISSF World Cup New Delhi 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Event
Saurabh Chaudhary wins gold medal
silver medal
- 2018: ISSF World Shooting Championships 10m Air Team Competition in Changwon
- 2019: ISSF World Cup Putian Mixed Team 10m Air Pistol Event
- 2019: Asian Shooting Championships Doha 10m Air Pistol Competition
- 2019: Asian Shooting Championships Doha 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Event
- 2021: ISSF World Cup New Delhi 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Event
- 2021: ISSF World Cup New Delhi 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Event
bronze medal
- 2018: ISSF World Shooting Championship Changwon Youth Mixed Team 10m Air Pistol Competition
- 2019: ISSF World Cup Rio 10m Air Pistol Competition
- 2021: ISSF World Cup Osijek 10m Air Pistol Competition
Awards and Honors
- Indian Sports Honors Emerging Male Athlete of the Year Award 2019
Saurabh Chaudhary wins Indian Sports Honors Award 2019
- Received Laxman Award on the occasion of Uttar Pradesh Diwas 2020
Facts/Trivia
- Talking about Saurabh in an interview, his personal trainer Amit Sheoran said:
When he started shooting in 2014, we only had a few pistols. So it’s not possible for everyone to shoot. Therefore, students regularly practice poses and strengthen their hands and wrists. I told him to wring the wet sack twice a day because as a kid, if you wring it more, your hands would start to shake. But he would do it four times in the morning and the same thing in the evening. He is incredible. No fans. Other kids would stop practicing on muggy summer afternoons. Not Saurabh. He was only 13 years old at the time and was sweating profusely, but he still insisted on filming. He always remains focused and calm, like a monk. “
- When Saurabh started training at the Veer Shahmal Rifle Club in Binauli, Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, he didn’t have his own pistol.His father said in an interview
We don’t have the wherewithal to buy him a pistol worth Rs. Two hundred thousand, so we took out a loan and bought a pistol. “
Saurabh’s brother Nitin said about the incident in an interview:
Our family discussed it and decided to buy it. Saurabh now has two pistols, but he only shoots with the first one. After returning from training, he also wants to train at home. There were too many people at the driving range, and he was always dissatisfied. So we decided to make this range between two rooms. “
- In an interview, Saurabh’s brother revealed that Saurabh used to practice shooting at home late at night. He further said,
The sound of a pistol disturbs everyone. Neighbors would come over the next morning to ask what happened at night, but gradually everyone got used to it. “
Saurabh Chaudhry practices shooting
- After winning the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games, Saurabh said in an interview,
Subah sochke nikla tha, jo hoga dekha jaaega. If I had been thinking, or if I had something on my mind, I wouldn’t have gotten this medal. I knew these guys were big shooters, but I’d never seen them. I didn’t really have any role models in terms of shooting. I just try to make myself better. “
- In 2018, he won the Asian Games and many Indian celebrities congratulated him through their social media accounts. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Saurabh in one of his tweets.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tweets on Saurabh Chaudhary
- In an interview, when talking about Saurabh, his father said:
Uski Dunya Usk Dimag Andal Sea [his world is in his mind]. Even we don’t fully understand Him and His nature. All he needs is his pistol and the shooting range, that’s all he cares about. He doesn’t care about anything, even if you sit behind him while he trains, it doesn’t affect him. He’s been practicing and you can’t tell by looking at his face whether a shot is good or bad. “
- Saurabh Chaudhary was included in the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
- He follows a vegetarian diet.
- In an interview, Saurabh shared what he likes to do in his free time. He said,
I like farming. We didn’t have much time to train, but whenever I had a break, I would go back to my village (Kalina) and help my father. I didn’t feel any pressure. I love to draw, prefer to stay away from my phone, and divide my day into parts. Morning yoga, then breakfast, then shooting. I started shooting because I loved handguns. “
- Saurabh appears on the cover of the April 2021 edition of the digital magazine ‘Kreeda 360’.
Saurabh Chaudhary on the cover of Kreeda 360
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Source: HIS Education