India ranked second at ISSF Junior World Championship in South Korea 2023

The ISSF Junior World Championships 2023 took place at Changwon Shooting Range, South Korea from July 16 to 24. In its third edition this year, the event featured 90 skilled Indian shooters participating in pistol, rifle, and shotgun disciplines within the under-21 age category, all striving to secure medals.

India Shines at ISSF Junior World Championships 2023 with 17 Medals and a Dominant Contingent of 90 Shooters

The 2023 junior world championships saw India sending the largest contingent of 90 shooters, followed by Korea with 66 participants and the USA with 43. A total of over 550 shooters from 44 countries competed in the championships.

India’s impressive performance led to a total of 17 medals, including six gold, six silver, and five bronze at the ISSF Junior World Championships 2023. Remarkably, seven Indian shooters managed to secure more than one medal during the competition.

Medal winners from India at the ISSF Junior World Championships 2023

Shooter	Event	Medal
Shubham Bisla	10m air pistol men	Gold
Sainyam	10m air pistol women	Gold
Abhinav Shaw and Gautami Bhanot	10m air rifle mixed team	Gold
Abhinav Shaw, Srikanth Dhanush, and Parth Rakesh Mane	10m air rifle men’s team	Gold
Kamaljeet	50m pistol men	Gold
Yashita Shokeen, Veerpal Kaur, and Tiyana	50m pistol women’s team	Gold
Kamaljeet, Ankait Tomar, and Sandeep Bishnoi	50m pistol men’s team	Gold
Shubham Bisla, Amit Sharma, and Abhinav Choudhary	10m air pistol men’s team	Silver
Uttam Sonam Maskar, Gautami Bhanot, and Swati Chowdhury	10m air rifle women’s team	Silver
Raiza Dhillon	Women’s skeet	Silver
Harmehar Singh Lally and Sanjana Sood	Mixed team skeet	Silver
Sameer, Mahesh Anandakumar, and Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu	25m rapid fire pistol men’s team	Silver
Bakhtyaruddin Malek, Shardul Vihan, and Arya Vansh Tyagi	Trap men team	Silver
Abhinav Chaudhary and Sainyam	10m air pistol mixed team	Bronze
Sainyam, Urva Chaudhary, and Anjali Chaudhary	10m air pistol women’s team	Bronze
Umamahesh Maddineni	10m air rifle men	Bronze
Unish Holinder, Randeep Singh, and Akshay Kumar	25m standard pistol men’s team	Bronze
Yashita Shokeen, Prarthana Khanna, and Tiyana	25m standard pistol women’s team	Bronze