Esha Singh

For the Indian actress, see Eisha Singh.

Esha Singh (born 1 January 2005) is an Indian sport shooter. In 2018, at just 13 years old, she became the youngest ever national champion in the 10 m air pistol event. She represented India in the women's 25 m air pistol event at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Esha Singh

Singh in 2024
Personal information
Nationality	Indian
Born	(2005-01-01) 1 January 2005 (age 20) Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Years active	2014–present
Sport
Sport	Shooting
Event(s)	10 m air pistol 25 m pistol
Medal record Women's shooting Representing  India Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships 2 – – World Cup 3 2 – Asian Games 1 3 – Asian Championships 2 2 1 South Asian Games 1 – – Junior World Championships 3 2 1 Junior World Cup 3 1 1 Junior Asian Championships 4 – – Total 19 10 3 World Championships 2023 Baku 10 m air pistol mixed team 2023 Baku 25 m pistol team World Cup 2022 Cairo 10 m air pistol team 2022 Cairo 25 m pistol team 2025 Ningbo 10 m air pistol 2022 Cairo 10 m air pistol 2025 Buenos Aires 25 m pistol Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou 25 m pistol team 2022 Hangzhou 25 m pistol 2022 Hangzhou 10 m air pistol 2022 Hangzhou 10 m air pistol team Asian Championships 2024 Jakarta 10 m air pistol 2024 Jakarta 10 m air pistol team 2023 Changwon 25 m pistol team 2024 Jakarta 25 m pistol team 2025 Shymkent 25 m pistol team South Asian Games 2019 Kathmandu and Pokhara 10 m air pistol team Junior World Championships 2022 Cairo 25 m pistol 2022 Cairo 10 m air pistol team 2022 Cairo 10 m air pistol mixed team 2021 Lima 10 m air pistol 2021 Lima 50 m pistol 2022 Cairo 25 m pistol team Junior World Cup 2022 Suhl 10 m air pistol 2022 Suhl 10 m air pistol mixed team 2022 Suhl 25 m pistol 2019 Suhl 10 m air pistol 2019 Suhl 10 m air pistol mixed team Junior Asian Championships 2019 Taoyuan 10 m air pistol 2019 Taoyuan 10 m air pistol mixed team 2019 Doha 10 m air pistol 2019 Doha 10 m air pistol mixed team

Early life

Esha was born to Sachin Singh and Srilatha on 1 January 2005 in Hyderabad. Her father was a rally driver. Before she took up shooting, Singh tried go-karting, badminton, tennis and skating. A visit to the shooting range at Gachibowli Athletic Stadium in Hyderabad motivated her to choose air pistol. She trained at the stadium and simultaneously at her home, in the paper practice range built by her father. She later joined the Gun for Glory academy by former Olympic medallist Gagan Narang in Pune, Maharashtra.^[1]

Career

Domestic

Singh began shooting in 2014 and in 2015, she became the Telangana state champion in 10m air pistol category. She then defeated the Commonwealth Games and Youth Olympics gold-medalist Manu Bhaker and multi-medalist Heena Sidhu in 62nd National Shooting Championships at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala by winning gold in 10m Air Pistol event becoming the youngest champion in the senior category as a 13-year-old. She also won gold medals in youth and junior categories.^[1][2][3] At the second edition of Khelo India Youth Games in January 2019, Singh won gold medal in the 10m air pistol event in the under-17 category.

International

She won silver medal at the ISSF Junior World Cup at Suhl, Germany in 2019 and two gold medals at the Asian Junior championships in 10m air pistol women (AP60W) and 10m air pistol mixed team (APMIX).^[4]

Singh won gold at the Asian Airgun Championships in Taoyuan, Taiwan in March–April, 2019 in the junior category of 10m air pistol event.^[5] In November 2019, Singh went on to win individual and mixed team gold medals at Asian Shooting Championship in Doha in 10m air pistol (junior) event.^[6]

Singh was also selected for India's core training team for the 2020 Summer Olympics,^[7] but failed to finish among the top two to qualify for the Olympics in the qualification event held in February 2020.^[7]

At the age of 18, she won four medals at the 2022 Asian Games, including the gold medal in the 25m pistol team event for India and an individual silver medal in the 25m pistol event.^[8] She became the 25m junior world champion at the 2022 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Cairo.

She clinched an Olympic quota berth in the 10m air pistol category for the 2024 Summer Olympics at the Asian Qualifier at Jakarta on 8 January 2024.^[9] She represented India in the women's 25 m pistol event at the 2024 Paris Olympics, finishing 18th in the qualification round.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2023	Arjuna Award	Outstanding Performance in Sports	Won	[10]
2024	Indian Sports Honours	Breakthrough Performance of the Year Female	Nominated