Mehuli Ghosh (born 20 November 2000) is an Indian sport shooter. She represents India at international junior shooting championships across the world.[1] Among 123 competitors, she was the only Indian shooting athlete to reach the finals of the 2018 junior shooting competition held in the Czech Republic. She ranked seventh there. In 2018, at the XXI Commonwealth Games held at Gold Coast, Australia, she won a silver medal in Women's 10m Air Rifle after a shoot-off with Martina Veloso. As of September 2023,[update] she was ranked 36th in the world and 14th in Asia.[2][3]
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| Full name | Mehuli Ghosh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Shooting Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship | Indian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 November 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Adamas University, Barasat, Kolkata | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Shooter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2014–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Air rifle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World finals | Finished at 7 position at the junior shooting competition at Czech Republic in May 2017. In 2018, ISSF world cup she won 2 Bronze medal. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National finals | 2016: 2 Gold; 7 Silver. 2017: 8 Gold, 3 Bronze. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early career
editMehuli joined the Serampore Rifle Club in 2014. She was banned by the club for accidentally hitting a person during practice. Later, Mehuli was mentored and coached by former Indian Olympic finalist and Arjuna Awardee, Joydeep Karmarkar.
She received her training at the Joydeep Karmarkar Shooting Academy. In 2016, she qualified for the Indian National Shooting Championships held in Pune. She received two gold medals and seven silver medals at the national championships. In the 2017 National Championships, Mehuli won eight gold and three bronze medals, and was judged Best Shooter.[4]
Professional career
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In 2017, she participated at the preparatory junior shooting championship held in the Czech Republic and finished at the seventh position. She finished in 17th position at the Junior World Shooting Championship held in Germany.[5] Mehuli achieved the title of Asian Champion in December 2017 in Wako City, Japan, with an impressive score of 420.1. This remarkable feat also earned her a quota place for the Youth Olympics in 2018. In March 2018, she made history as one of the youngest Indian competitors to win two World Cup medals at the ISSF World Cup held in Mexico. During the competition, she even set a new Junior World Record. Mehuli also qualified to participate in the Commonwealth Games in 2018, showcasing her talent on the international stage.[6] In 2018, at the XXI Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia, she won silver in Women's 10m Air Rifle after a shoot-off with Martina Veloso.[7] In 2019, she won gold at the South Asian Games in Nepal.[8]
Ghosh was award the "Female Young Athlete of the Year" award at the Sportstar Aces Awards in 2020.[9]
References
edit- ^ "2018 Commonwealth Games: Know your CWG athlete: Mehuli Ghosh". The Times of India. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ "ISSF – International Shooting Sport Federation – issf-sports.org". issf-sports.org. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
- ^ "ISSF – International Shooting Sport Federation – issf-sports.org". issf-sports.org. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ "Mehuli Shines in national shooting Trails". Times of India. TNN. Archived from the original on 9 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ "Shooter Mehuli Finishes at 7th Position in Czech Meet". Times of India. Times News Network (TNN). Archived from the original on 9 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ "Anish Bhanwala Inspired Me During World Championship". Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ Press Trust of India (3 December 2019). "Mehuli Ghosh wins 10m air rifle gold in SAG, India sweeps all medals". The Hindu.
- ^ "ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation - issf-sports.org". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "मेहुली घोषः गुब्बारे फोड़ने वाली लड़की जो मेडल जीत रही हैं". BBC News हिंदी (in Hindi). Retrieved 18 February 2021.