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Saurabh Chaudhary (born 12 May 2002)is an Indian sport shooter. He won the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games in 10 m Air Pistol. He was the youngest Indian gold medalist at the Asian Games. He had earlier won gold medals and set a new junior world record in the ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany. He is the only Indian shooter to win a gold medal in ISSF World Championship, ISSF World Cup, Youth Olympic Games,Asian Games and Asian Air Gun Championship. He broke his own world record with a score of 245.5 and claimed gold in Junior Men 10m Air Pistol at 2018 World Championship in Changwon, Korea.
Early life
He was born in Kalina, Uttar Pradesh. He comes from a family of farmers living in Yamuna and Gangatic plains of western UP. His father is Jagmohan Singh. He took up shooting at 13 and practised daily, traveling 15 km each way on buses.
Career
2018
Chaudhary became the youngest Indian shooter to win a gold medal at the Asian Games. He participated in the Youth Olympic Games 2018 in Argentina and won gold. He won three golds in the Asian Airgun Championship in 2018:the 10m air pistol competition, the team competition and in the mixed team 10m pistol.
2019
In February he won the gold medal at ISSF World Cup in Delhi.
In April, he participated in Mixed Team 10m pistol with Manu Bhaker and won gold at ISSF World Cup in Beijing.
In May he won gold and broke the world and junior records in 10m pistolISSF World Cup in Munich.
2020
In January 2020,he won 63rd gold at the 63rd National Shooting Championship.in men's 10 metre air pistol.