Ganemat Sekhon

Ganemat Sekhon (born 29 November 2000) is an Indian sport shooter who specializes in skeet. At the 2021 ISSF World Cup in New Delhi, Sekhon became the first Indian to win a medal in the Women's skeet event of an ISSF World Cup.[1] She is right handed and is right eye dominant.[2] She is part of the Indian shooting team at the Asian Games, Hangzhou, China. She was part of the Indian women's skeet team along with Darshna Rathore and Parinaaz Dhaliwal, that finished fourth in the Asian Games shooting competitions.[3]

Ganemat Sekhon
Personal information
Full nameGanemat Kaur Sekhon
Nationality India
Born (2000-11-29) 29 November 2000
Chandigarh, India
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)Skeet (SK75, SK125W, SKMIX, SKTEAMW)
ClubNRAI
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  India
ISSF World Cup
Gold medal – first place2021 New DelhiSkeet Mixed Team
Gold medal – first place2023 CairoSkeet Mixed Team
Silver medal – second place2021 New DelhiSkeet Team
Silver medal – second place2023 AlmatySkeet
Bronze medal – third place2021 New DelhiSkeet
Asian Shooting Championships
Silver medal – second place2019 DohaSkeet Mixed Team
ISSF Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 LimaSkeet Team
Silver medal – second place2021 LimaSkeet
ISSF Junior World Cup
Bronze medal – third place2018 SydneySkeet

She is back at the National camp after Asian Games to prepare for the World Cup to book a slot for the Olympics.[4]

Early life

Sekhon was born at Chandigarh, a union territory of India on 29 November 2000.[5][6]

Career

Sekhon began shooting in 2015 on the instruction of her father Amrinder Singh when she was 15.[7] She made her international debut at the ISSF Junior World Cup in 2016 at Suhl in which she placed 33.

In 2018, she become the first Indian female skeet shooter to win a medal at the ISSF Junior World Cup at Sydney, Australia when she won the bronze.[8] She won the Asian Championships silver medal in 2019.[9] Sekhon won bronze in the 2021 ISSF Shooting World Cup Women's Skeet event at New Delhi, the first for India in a women's event.[10][11] She also won a gold in Skeet Mixed Team and a silver in Skeet Women Team at the same venue.[12][13]

At the 2021 ISSF Junior World Championships, Sekhon won gold and silver in the Women's Skeet team and individual event, respectively.[14]

Sekhon won gold in the Skeet Mixed Team event along with Mairaj Ahmad Khan at the 2023 ISSF World Cup in Cairo.[15] This was followed by a silver medal in the Skeet Women event in Almaty.[16]

References
  1. "Ganemat Sekhon wins India's first World Cup medal in women's skeet". Zee News. 21 March 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  2. "Ganemat Sekhon | Indian Shooting Player, Wiki, ISSF Player Profile | Sportsbeatsindia". 8 December 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  3. Scroll Staff (27 September 2023). "Asian Games, Shooting: Led by Sift Kaur Samra's gold, India win seven medals on Wednesday". Scroll.in. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  4. Desk, The Bridge (11 October 2023). "National camp starts for Asian Shooting Championships in Delhi". thebridge.in. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  5. "ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation - issf-sports.org". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  6. "Ganemat Sekhon | Indian Olympic Association". www.olympic.ind.in. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  7. "Behind Ganemat's golden gun, Italian craftsmanship and a Chandigarh furniture fix". ESPN. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  8. "Shooter Ganemat Sekhon gives Indian women's skeet a podium facelift". Hindustan Times. 21 March 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  9. Jaspreet Sahni (22 March 2021). "Ganemat Sekhon: Home range, father's presence pushed Ganemat to create skeet history for India | More sports News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  10. Srinivasan, Kamesh (21 March 2021). "A day to remember for Ganemat". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  11. "ISSF World Cup: Ganemat Sekhon settles for bronze in women's skeet". The Indian Express. 21 March 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  12. "Result Skeet Mixed Team". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  13. "Result Skeet Team Women". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  14. "After silver, Ganemat Sekhon helps Indian women's skeet team win gold at Junior World Championships". The Bridge. 2 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  15. Sportstar, Team (30 April 2023). "India's Mairaj Khan and Ganemat Sekhon strike gold at the Shotgun World Cup". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  16. "ISSF World Cup: Historic silver-bronze finish for Ganemat Sekhon and Darshna Rathore". The Times of India. 23 May 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
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