Ashi Chouksey
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| Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 March 2002 [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  India | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Early life and education
[edit]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
[edit]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
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Shooting CHOUKSEY Ashi - The 19th Asian Games". info.hangzhou2022.cn. 24 Sep 2023. Retrieved 25 Sep 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ ""Very Proud Moment:" Ashi Chouksey On 10M Air Rifle Team Event Silver Asian Games News". NDTVSports.com. 24 Sep 2023. Retrieved 24 Sep 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Bhopal girl Ashi shoots three Asian medals". The Times of India. 2023-09-28. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Web, Statesman (2023-09-25). "Who is Ashi Chouksey? Indian shooter bags silver at Asian Games". The Statesman. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
- ^ a b 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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