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] He has produced several national and international-level Indian pistol shooters.[3] He has coached Saurabh Chaudhary.
Amit Sheoran
| Full Name | Amit Sheoran |
|---|---|
| Born | 1978, Village Angadpur |
| Residence | Village Angadpur-Johri, Teh. Baraut, Baghpat |
| Nationality | |
| Occupation | Shooting Coach |
| Parent(s) | Sh. Rajinder Singh |
| Gotra | Sheoran |
Email: getamit.sheoran@gmail.com
Mob.: +919756714448
Early life
From around 1995, Amit Sheoran was coached by Mahboob Khan Pathan and entered state- and national-level events. In the beginning of his career Sheoran have to loose his father and entered in his era of struggle.
Coaching career
In 2009 he started a tin-shed shooting range with five students, one air rifle and an old air pistol.[3] The shed is named after a 1857 anti-British revolutionary.[3] 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.[3]
Journey to Olympics
Shooter Saurabh Chaudhary and Para shooter Deepender Singh took a step forward to shooting games in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. From Tin-Shed Academy to Olympics coach he proved once again and also his shooter represented in World University Games and also Khelo India University games.[4]
Notable Performance
2018
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.
2019
In February he won the gold medal at ISSF World Cup in Delhi.
In April, he participated in Mixed Team 10m pistol with Manu Bhaker and won gold at ISSF World Cup in Beijing
In May he won gold and broke the world and junior records in 10m pistol ISSF World Cup in Munich.
2020
In January 2020,he won 63rd gold at the 63rd National Shooting Championship in men's 10 metre air pistol.
2022
Khelo India University Games, 2022 Bhopal Gold in Men & Women both 10M Pistol Shooting Event.
National Games, 2022 Ahemdabad, Gold in women senior 10M Pistol Shooting event.
