Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar
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Medal record
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Updated on 5 October 2021 |
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (born 3 February 2001) is an Indian
Early life
Tomar was born on 3 February 2001 in Ratanpur village, Khargone district, Madhya Pradesh, into a family of farmers, as the youngest of three children. He often went hunting with his father Veer Bahadur, a landlord, and learned about sport shooting from his cousin Navdeep Singh Rathore. Tomar started to receive training in 2015 at the Madhya Pradesh Shooting Academy in Bhopal.[1][2][3]
Career
Tomar won the bronze medal at the
Tomar won the bronze medal in
Tomar bagged gold at the 2021 ISSF World Cup event in New Delhi with a score of 462.5 in men's 50 metre rifle three positions.[8] He scored 155 points in kneeling and 310.5 in prone before the standing elimination round, and earned qualification for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[8][9]
Aishwary clinched gold in 50m Rifle three positions men's event with a new junior world record at the 2021 ISSF Junior World Championships held in Lima, Peru.[10]
Awards
- 2019: Eklavya Award by Government of Madhya Pradesh on National Sports Day
- 2023: Arjuna Award.[11]
References
- ^ Pandey, Shubham (20 July 2019). "ISSF Junior World Cup: Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar, the calm and happy shooter from Khargone who clinched gold". Firstpost. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ Singh, Ramendra (15 July 2018). "Khargone farmer's son sets new shooting national record". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ Sharma, Nitin (20 July 2019). "Junior Shooting World Cup: Aishwarya Tomar takes bed-time shikaar tales literally, goes for medal hunt in Germany". The Indian Express. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "Asian Airgun C'ships: Shreya breaks world junior record". Sportstar. 1 April 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "Junior World Cup: Aishwarya Singh Tomar creates world record, clinches gold". Sportstar. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "Aishwarya Singh Tomar bags India's 13th Olympic quota in shooting". Sportstar. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "Teenager Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar Secures India's Record 13th Olympic Quota in Shooting". News18. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ a b Sen, Rohan (24 March 2021). "Shooting World Cup: Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar wins gold in men's 50M Rifle 3 Positions event". India Today. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ Singh, Suhani (30 June 2021). "Hits and misses from India's Olympic-bound shooting continent at ISSF World Cup in Croatia". India Today. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Aishwary Tomar wins gold, breaks record at shooting Junior World Championships". The Bridge. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "Full list of Arjuna Awards Winners 2023". India Today. Retrieved 16 January 2024.