Shagun Chowdhary

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Shagun Chowdhary
Personal information
Birth nameShagun Chowdhary
Born (1983-06-26) 26 June 1983 (age 38)
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Years active1983–present
Sport
SportShooter

Shagun Chowdhary (born in 1983) is an Indian shooter from Jaipur, Rajasthan. She did her schooling from Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls School, Jaipur. Shagun Chowdhary finished in 20th place in the trap shooting event at the 2012 Summer Olympics taking place in London.[1] Shagun Chowdhary is supported by the Olympic Gold Quest.

Shagun, is a player of ONGC, attributes her success to coach Marcello Dradi from Italy and her sports psychologist Vaibhav Agashe. In 2005 Shagun Chowdhary also made a bold move of shifting from double trap to trap. Her father, Sushil Chowdhary, introduced her to Skeet Shooting when she was just 2-years old.[2]

She is the first Indian woman to qualify for the Olympic trap shooting event.[3] In London 2012 with a score of 61 in the qualifying round she stood at the 20th position and was unable to move to the finals. Shagun Chowdhay bagged a national championship crown on winning the women's trap event at the 61st National Shooting Championship on Thursday 16 November 2017.[citation needed]

References[]

  1. ^ "Trap results - Shooting - London 2012 Olympics". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Shagun Chowdhary at Olympics 2012".
  3. ^ Ajinkya, Vivek (1 March 2012). "It's not been an easy ride for Shagun Chowdhary". Mid-Day.


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