Ganemat Sekhon

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Ganemat Sekhon
Personal information
Full nameGanemat Kaur Sekhon
Nationality India
Born (2000-11-29) 29 November 2000 (age 21)
Chandigarh, India
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)Skeet (SK75, SK125W, SKMIX, SKTEAMW)
ClubNRAI
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  India
Junior World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Sydney Skeet
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Doha Skeet
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2021 New Delhi Skeet
ISSF Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Lima Skeet Team
Silver medal – second place 2021 Lima Skeet

Ganemat Sekhon (born 29 November 2000) is an Indian sport shooter from Chandigarh. She specializes in skeet. She won India a medal in the Women's skeet event of ISSF Shooting World Cup in March 2021.[1] Sekhon is right handed and is right eye dominant.[2]

Early life[]

Sekhon is born at Chandigarh, a union territory of India on 29 November 2000.[3][4]

Career[]

Sekhon began shooting in 2015 on the instruction of her father Amrinder Singh when she was 15.[5] She made her international debut at the ISSF Junior World Cup in 2016 at Suhl in which she placed 33.

In 2018, she become the first Indian female skeet shooter to win a medal at the Junior ISSF World Championship at Sydney, Australia when she won the bronze.[6] She won the Asian Championships silver medal in 2019.[7] Sekhon won bronze in the 2021 ISSF Shooting World Cup Women's Skeet event at New Delhi, the first for India in a women's event.[8][9]

At the 2021 ISSF Junior World Championships, Sekhon won gold and silver in the Women's Skeet team and individual event, respectively.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "Ganemat Sekhon wins India's first World Cup medal in women's skeet". Zee News. 21 March 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Ganemat Sekhon | Indian Shooting Player, Wiki, ISSF Player Profile | Sportsbeatsindia". 8 December 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  3. ^ "ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation - issf-sports.org". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Ganemat Sekhon | Indian Olympic Association". www.olympic.ind.in. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Behind Ganemat's golden gun, Italian craftsmanship and a Chandigarh furniture fix". ESPN. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Shooter Ganemat Sekhon gives Indian women's skeet a podium facelift". Hindustan Times. 21 March 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  7. ^ Mar 22, Jaspreet Sahni / TIMESOFINDIA COM / Updated; 2021; Ist, 11:59. "Ganemat Sekhon: Home range, father's presence pushed Ganemat to create skeet history for India | More sports News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 May 2021.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Srinivasan, Kamesh (21 March 2021). "A day to remember for Ganemat". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  9. ^ "ISSF World Cup: Ganemat Sekhon settles for bronze in women's skeet". The Indian Express. 21 March 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  10. ^ "After silver, Ganemat Sekhon helps Indian women's skeet team win gold at Junior World Championships". The Bridge. 2 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
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