Ashi Chouksey

Ashi Chouksey
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (2002-03-07) 7 March 2002 (age 22) [1]
Sport
Country India
Sportshooting
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  India
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou 10m air rifle team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou 50m rifle three positions
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Changwon 50 m rifle 3 positions team

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

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. ^ "Shooting CHOUKSEY Ashi - The 19th Asian Games". info.hangzhou2022.cn. 24 Sep 2023. Retrieved 25 Sep 2023.
  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. ^ ""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. ^ 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. ^ a b "Bhopal girl Ashi shoots three Asian medals". The Times of India. 2023-09-28. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
  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. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)


Stub icon

This biographical article relating to sport shooting in India is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.