Mansher Singh

Mansher "Joey" Singh OLY (born 1 December 1965[5] in Calcutta[6]) is an Indian sport shooter who specializes in double trap and trap.

Mansher Singh
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Mansher Singh (right) with Manavjit Singh Sandhu at the Commonwealth Games in 2010.
Personal information
Nickname(s)"Joey"
National team India
Born (1965-12-01) 1 December 1965
Calcutta, India
Alma materSt. Stephen's College, Delhi (BA)[1]
OccupationChief Shotgun Coach, Indian Olympic Team[2]
Years active1982 – present (41 years)
Children2 (including Jaisal Singh)[1]
Parent(s)
  • K.K. Singh[3] (father)
Sport
SportSport Shooting
Turned pro1982[1]
Coached byMarcello Dradi[1]
Now coachingKynan Chenai
Medal record
Men's shooting[1]
Representing  India
Commonwealth Games
1994 VictoriaTrap
2010 New DelhiTrap doubles
Asian Games[4]
1998 BangkokTrap team
2002 BusanTrap team
2006 DohaTrap team
2010 GuangzhouTrap team
ISSF World Cup
1997 New DelhiTrap
Asian Clay Shooting Championship /
Asian Shotgun Championship
2004 BangkokTrap
2004 Kuala LumpurTrap
2011 Kuala LumpurTrap
1993 ManilaTrap
2006 SingaporeTrap
1995 JakartaTrap
1995 Chendu CityTrap
2008 JaipurTrap
2009 AlmatyTrap

At the 2008 Olympic Games, he finished in first place in the trap qualification. He also came first at the 2004 Olympic Games. In addition, he has medals from the Asian Games and the Commonwealth Games. In the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, he won a gold medal in the trap event.

He also won the Arjuna Award in 1993.

Education

Singh graduated from St. Columba's School, Delhi in 1985,[7] before studying at St. Stephen's College, Delhi.[8]

Olympic Results
Olympic results [9]
Event 1984 1996 2004 2008
Trap (200 birds) 35th
176/200		 Event Style Changed
Trap (125 birds) Different
Event Style		 31st
118/125		 21st
115/125		 8th
117/125

References
  1. "Mansher Singh Details". ISSF Sports. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  2. "Mansher Singh Coaching Video". Bharat Adda India. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  3. "Mansher Singh Mini-Doc". Prasar Bharati Archives. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  4. "Medalists from previous Asian Games – Men – Team – Discontinued events". Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  5. Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Mansher Singh". Athletes. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  7. "Mansher Singh". Achievers. Old Columbans' Association. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  8. Vepa, Arvind; Vishvanathan, Sujit. "St. Stephen's College Delhi, India - History". Tufts University. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  9. "Mansher Singh ISSF Bio". International Shooting Sports Federation. Retrieved 27 September 2022.


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