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Sift Kaur Samra
Indian sport shooter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sift Kaur Samra (born 9 September 2001) is an Indian sports shooter. She holds the world record in the women’s 50 m rifle three positions event, achieved while winning the gold medal in the event at the 2022 Asian Games.[1] She has also represented India at the 2024 Pairs Olympics in the women’s 50 m rifle three positions event.
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Early life
Samra was born into an agricultural family engaged in the rice trade. She was first introduced to shooting by her cousin, Sekhon, who was a shotgun shooter. At the age of nine, she first had the taste of shooting at a shooting range in Punjab.[2] She initially enrolled in the MBBS programme at Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, but later discontinued it to focus on shooting.[3] She later pursued a Bachelor of Physical Education at Guru Nanak Dev University, alongside her sporting career.
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Career
2023: In September, Sift broke the world record held by Britain’s Seonaid McIntosh,[4] by a margin of 2.6 points.Samra scored a total of 469.6 points, 154.6 in kneeling, 157.9 in prone and 157.1 in standing elimination to beat Qiongyue Zhang of China. [2]
During the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China, she won the individual gold medal in the Women's 3P category while also breaking the world record. She also bagged the team silver medal along with fellow teammates Ashi Chouksey and Manini Kaushik.
She bagged five medals at the Junior World Cup.
2022: She won a gold medal in the National Games.[5]
She won a bronze on debut at the ISSF World Cup in the 50m rifle 3P.[5]
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