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Ashi Chouksey

Ashi Chouksey

Indian sport shooter

Ashi Chouksey is an Indian sport shooter. She won the silver medal in women's 10 metre air rifle team in the 2022 Asian Games.[2][3][4]

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Early life and education

Chouksey hails from Bhopal.[5] She did her schooling at Carmel Convent, BHEL, Bhopal where she joined NCC in her Class 9. She learnt the basics of shooting at NCC.[5] Later, she pursued a sports degree from the Guru Nanak Dev University.[6] Her father Padam Kant Chouksey works in the Indian Railways. She started her formal training at the MP State Shooting Academy, Bhopal, under coaches Suma Shirur and Vaibhav Sharma.[7]

Career

In 2022, Chouksey won a gold medal in the mixed team event at the ISSF World Cup in Baku.[7] In the same year, she also won a bronze in the team event in the ISSF World Cup in Changwon.[7]

In the National shooting selections trials in 2024, she shot a world record score in the women’s 50-metre rifle 3-position event at the Madhya Pradesh Academy on 28 February 2024.[8] She broke the world record of 596, jointly held by Jenny Stene of Norway and Sagen Maddalena of the USA, by scoring 597.[8]

She is now an aspirant for the 2024 Paris Olympics

ISSF profile

References

  1. [1]
    "Shooting CHOUKSEY Ashi - The 19th Asian Games". info.hangzhou2022.cn. 24 Sep 2023. Retrieved 25 Sep 2023.
  2. [2]
    "19th Asian Games: Indian air rifle shooter Ashi Chouksey secures first silver medal in 10m air rifle — News". The Times of India. 24 Sep 2023. Retrieved 24 Sep 2023.
  3. [3]
    ""Very Proud Moment:" Ashi Chouksey On 10M Air Rifle Team Event Silver Asian Games News". NDTVSports.com. 24 Sep 2023. Retrieved 24 Sep 2023.
  4. [4]
    Now, Times (24 Sep 2023). "Asian Games 2023: Women's 10M Air Rifle Team Of Ashi Chouksey, Mehuli Ghosh And Ramita Win Silver Medal". TimesNow. Retrieved 24 Sep 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Bhopal girl Ashi shoots three Asian medals". The Times of India. 2023-09-28. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
  6. [6]
    Judge, Shahid (2022-10-19). "ISSF World Championship: Ashi Chouksey's escape from academics unearthed her skill at sport shooting". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  7. [7]
    Web, Statesman (2023-09-25). "Who is Ashi Chouksey? Indian shooter bags silver at Asian Games". The Statesman. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
  8. [8]
    Bureau, Sports (2024-02-28). "Ashi Chouksey tops rifle 3-position event with a world record score". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
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