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.
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 |
Top 10 countries with the highest number of medals won at the ISSF Junior World Championships 2023:
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 12 | 9 | 7 | 28 |
| 2 | India | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Italy | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | USA | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 7 | Korea | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 |
| 8 | France | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Switzerland | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Norway | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
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