SINGH Gurpreet < Back  
Sport Shooting
CGA India   
Gender Men
Born 19 Dec 1987 in Amritsar, IND
Height1.76 m
Human Interest
Further Personal Information
Residence Indore, IND
Sport Specific Information
Club / Team Indian Army: India
Name of coach Victor Venenko [personal], UKR
Handedness Right eye, right hand
When and where did you begin this sport? He took up shooting in 2004 at the Indian Army's training range in Pune, India.
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Occupation Athlete, Serves in the Army, Student
Languages Hindi, Punjabi, English
General Interest
Injuries In September 2014 he was diagnosed with cervical spondylitis, a neck related complaint. The injury was a result of over training. (indianexpress.com, 26 Sep 2014)
Sport Specific Information
Why this sport? "Shooting started after I joined the army. Before that I had no idea about the sport. When I joined the army in 2004 and was undergoing training in Pune, an internal instructor had come to scout new talent. They told me to join the training system because I had shot well during training. But what they had seen was nothing but a fluke. I had lined up for a shot during combat training, the soldier besides me took his shot and such was the sound that I inadvertently ended up releasing the trigger. I have no idea how the trigger got pulled but the shot hit the bullseye. And I was the only one who hit the bullseye. And that changed my life."
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Ambitions To compete at the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com, 18 May 2018)
International Debut
Year 2009
Competing for India
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Higher education Humanities - Lovely Professional University: India
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Awards and honours In August 2016 he received the Arjuna Award, the highest sporting honour in India. (pib.nic.in, 22 Aug 2016)