Mehuli Ghosh

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 finished in seventh place 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. According to the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), she has a world ranking of sixth and third[2] in Asia.[3][4]

Mehuli Ghosh
Ghosh with her silver medal at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Full nameMehuli Ghosh
National teamJunior shooting team
CitizenshipIndian
Born (2000-11-20) 20 November 2000
EducationTechno India Group Public School, Chinsurah, Hooghly
OccupationShooter
Years active2014–present
Sport
Country India
Sportshooting
Event(s)Air rifle
Achievements and titles
World finalsFinished 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 finals2016-2 Gold; 7 Silver. 2017– 8 Gold, 3 Bronze
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  India
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2018 Changwon10 m team air rifle
Bronze medal – third place2022 Cairo10m air rifle team
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Buenos Aires 10 m air rifle
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2018 Gold Coast10m Air Rifle
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2019 Kathmandu10m Air Rifle

Early career

Mehuli 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 was selected 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.[5]

Professional career
Mehuli Ghosh during the qualification for the Girls' 10 metre air rifle final at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

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.[6] Mehuli became Asian Champion in 2017 December in Wako City, Japan, with a score of 420.1 and bagged the Youth Olympics 2018 Quota place. In March 2018, she became one of the youngest competitors from Indian ever to win two World Cup medals at the ISSF World Cup, in Mexico. She created a Junior World Record on the way to winning there. Mehuli qualified for Commonwealth Games 2018.[7] In 2018, at the XXI Commonwealth Games held at Gold Coast, Australia, she won silver in Women's 10m Air Rifle after a shoot-off with Martina Veloso.[8] In 2019, she won gold at the South Asian Games in Nepal.[9]

Ghosh was award the title of "Female Young Athlete of the Year" award at the Sportstar Aces Awards in 2020.[10]

References
  1. "2018 Commonwealth Games: Know your CWG athlete: Mehuli Ghosh". The Times of India. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  2. চৌধুরী, সুচরিতা সেন. "'শুঁয়োপোকা থেকে মেহুলি এখন প্রজাপতি'". Anandabazar Patrika (in Bengali). Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  3. "ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation - issf-sports.org". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  4. "ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation - issf-sports.org". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  5. "Mehuli Shines in national shooting Trails". Times of India. TNN. Archived from the original on 9 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  6. "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.
  7. "Anish Bhanwala Inspired Me During World Championship". Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  8. Press Trust of India (3 December 2019). "Mehuli Ghosh wins 10m air rifle gold in SAG, India sweeps all medals". The Hindu.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. "ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation - issf-sports.org". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  10. "मेहुली घोषः गुब्बारे फोड़ने वाली लड़की जो मेडल जीत रही हैं". BBC News हिंदी (in Hindi). Retrieved 18 February 2021.
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