Chain Singh

Chain Singh
Personal information
Nationality Indian
Born (1989-04-05) 5 April 1989
Doda district, Jammu and Kashmir, India[1]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Country India
Sport Shooting
Club Indian Army
Medal record
Men's shooting
Competitor for  India
Asian Games
2014 Incheon men's 50m rifle 3 positions individual
South Asian Games
2016 Guwahati 10 m air rifle individual
2016 Guwahati 50 m rifle prone individual
2016 Guwahati 50 m rifle three positions individual
2016 Guwahati 10 m air rifle team
2016 Guwahati 50 m rifle prone team
2016 Guwahati 50 m rifle three positions team

Chain Singh (born 5 April 1989) is an Indian sport shooter. He won the bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Games at Incheon in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions event.[2] He also won six gold medals, three in individual events and three in team events, in 2016 South Asian Games held at Guwahati and Shillong in India.[3]

Career

Chain Singh had never heard of shooting until he entered adulthood when joined the Indian Army in 2007.

2014 Asian Games

Chain Singh is a bronze medalist in the 2014 Asian Games held at Incheon in South Korea.He won a bronze medal in the men's 50m rifle three positions event. He shot a total of 441.7 points to finish behind two Chinese shooters -Cao Yifei and Zhu Qinan- who bagged first and second positions with 455.5 and 455.2 points respectively.[4]

2016 South Asian games

Chain Singh bagged six gold medals in the 12th South Asian Games held at Guwahati in India in 2016. He won all the events he participated, both at team level as well as in individual performances. He has also secured his spot for the Rio Olympics.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Doda youth brings laurels to army, J&K by winning bronze". Business Standard. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Indian shooter Chain Singh wins bronze medal in 50m Rifle 3 Positions". The Hindu. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "India dominate SAG shooting as Chain Singh bags sixth gold medal". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Asian Games:Chain Singh wins bronze in shooting". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Doda youth bags six gold medals in SAF games". Kashmir Life. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

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