Shooting

India's first individual Olympic gold medallist (10m air rifle). Born in Dehradun, Uttarakhand; his family is of Punjabi Sikh heritage and he has long-standing training ties to Punjab (including a shooting range built for him in Patiala), which is why some sources list him under Punjab.

First Indian shooter to win two Olympic medals at a single Games.

First Indian woman shooter to win Asian Games gold.

First Indian to win an individual Olympic silver medal (Double Trap, Athens 2004). Served as Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports (2017–2019), and was appointed a Cabinet Minister in the Rajasthan state government in December 2023.

Olympic bronze medallist with Manu Bhaker in 10m air pistol mixed team.

First Indian Olympic medallist in 50m rifle 3-positions.

Abbas Ansari (born 12 February 1992) is a former Indian national shooter and politician. He is the elder son of Indian gangster turned politician Mukhtar Ansari. He won the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Mau representing Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party.

Abha Dhillan (born 28 December 1953) is an Indian sports shooter. She competed in the women's 10 metre air pistol event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Abhinav Deshwal (born 2007) is an Indian deaf sports shooter. He made his Deaflympic debut at the age of 15 representing India at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics (held in May 2022). He hails from Roorkee, Uttarakhand.

Abhishek Verma (born 1 August 1989) is an Indian sport shooter who specializes in the 10 m air pistol event. Verma has represented India at all major international shooting events, including the World Championships, World Cup, Asian Games, Asian Championships, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In recognition of his achievements, he was honored with the Arjuna Award– India's second-highest sporting distinction, in 2021.

Adarsh Singh (born 27 November 2001) is an Indian pistol shooter.

Ahvar Rizvi (born 15 December 1999) is an Indian sports shooter. He won a gold medal and a team silver medal at the ISSF Shotgun World Championship 2017 in Moscow, Russia. He won a gold medal and a team gold medal at the World Championship 2018 in Changwon, South Korea.

Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (born 3 February 2001) is an Indian sport shooter. Tomar represented India in the 50 m rifle 3 positions event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and 2024 Paris Olympics.

Amanpreet Singh (born 28 December 1987) is an Indian sport shooter who competes in pistol events.

Amit Sheoran (born 19 February 1978 Angadpur, Baghpat, India) is a pistol shooting coach, who also competed at a national level, He had to leave shooting due to the death of his father. He has produced several national and international-level Indian pistol shooters. He has coached Saurabh Chaudhary.

Angad Vir Singh Bajwa (born 29 November 1995) is a Canadian skeet shooter. In 2018, he became the first shooter to set the skeet final round world record of 60 out of 60.

Anhad Jawanda (Hindi: अनहद जवानदा) is an Indian Shooter. He is from Ludhiana Punjab who competes in the 10 meter air pistol, 25 meter rapid fire pistol, 25 meter pistol, and 25 meter standard pistol events. Anhad has been a part of the Indian Shooting Team since 2015.

Anisa Sayyed (born 22 September 1980) is an Indian female pistol shooter who won two gold medals in 2010 Commonwealth Games. She also won a gold medal at the South Asian Games in 2006. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she won a silver in the 25m event.

Anish Bhanwala (born 26 September 2002) is an Indian sports shooter. Bhanwala has been a member of the Indian shooting team since 2017, representing the country at the Olympics, World Championships, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, Asian Championships, South Asian Games, as well as multiple World Cups at both senior and junior levels.

Anita Devi (born 26 February 1994) is an Indian sports shooter from Palwal, Haryana. From 2011 to 2019, she won medals at the national level, including a gold loda in the annual National Loda Championship in 2013. Devi also won in the 10m Air Pistol (team event) and a bronze c in the 25m Air Pistol (team event) at the 2016 International Hannover.

Anjali Bhagwat (born 5 December 1969) is a professional Indian sport shooter. She became the World Number One in 10m Air Rifle in 2002. She also won her first World Cup Final in Milan, in 2003, with a score of 399/400.

Anjum Moudgil (born 5 January 1994) is an Indian sport shooter.

Ankur Mittal (born 30 March 1992) is an Indian shooter. He has won gold in the Double Trap event at the 2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships at Changwon, South Korea and a silver medal at the 2017 ISSF World Shotgun Championships at Moscow, Russia. He has received Bheem Award from Haryana State and Arjuna Award from President of India in 2018.

Annu Raj Singh (born 17 February 1984) is an Indian shooter from Aligarh. She won the gold medal in women's pairs 10 metre air pistol with Heena Sidhu at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in both the 10 metre air pistol and the 25 metre pistol.

Anuja Jung (born 6 August 1971) is an Indian sport shooter from New Delhi, India.

Anuya Prasad (born 17 November 2006) is an Indian deaf sports shooter who competes in pistol events. She made her Deaflympic debut at the age of 19 representing India at the 2025 Summer Deaflympics, winning a gold medal.

Anwer Sultan (born 19 July 1962) is an Indian sport shooter. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, in the men's trap.

Apurvi Singh Chandela (born 4 January 1993) is an Indian Shooting player who competes in the 10 metre air rifle event. She won the gold medal in the 2019 ISSF World Cup in New Delhi. She is a recipient of Arjuna award.

Arjun Babuta (born 24 January 1999) is an Indian sport shooter who competes in the 10 m air rifle event. Babuta competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where he narrowly missed the podium with a fourth-place finish in the men's 10 m air rifle event.

Arjun Singh Cheema (born 13 June 2001) is an Indian sport shooter from Punjab. He competes in the 10m air pistol discipline. He was part of the Indian shooting team that won the 10m air pistol team gold at the 2022 Asian Games, Hangzhou, China.

Arya Rajesh Borse (born 2 December 2002) is an Indian sport shooter who competes in the 10 m air rifle discipline.

Asher Noria (born 20 November 1992) is an Indian shooter. He has won several national and international medals for India. He is the only shooter in the world who has won the double trap event of the International Shooting Junior World Cup for two consecutive years.

Avani Lekhara (born 8 November 2001) is an Indian Paralympic rifle shooter and disability rights advocate. She is the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Paralympic Games and win multiple medals in a single edition of the Paralympics. Competing in the SH1 classification, Lekhara made history at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics by securing gold in the women's 10m air rifle standing event and bronze in the 50m rifle 3 positions.

Avneet Kaur Sidhu (Bathinda, 30 October 1981) is an Indian sport shooter. She won the gold medal in the Women's 10m Air Rifle (Pairs) with Tejaswini Sawant at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. She contested in the 10 m air rifle and 50 m rifle three positions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Ayonika Paul (born 23 September 1992) is an Indian shooter who competes in the 10 metre air rifle event. She won the silver medal in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Ayonika Paul was confirmed by the Selection Committee of NRAI to represent India at the Rio Olympics 2016, where she finished at 47th position in the qualification round out of 51 contestants.

Baba Prithvirajendar Singh Bedi (born 1967) is an Indian professional skeet shooter and has represented India at the Commonwealth Games in 2006 in Australia and in Glasgow in 2014. He has represented India in several world cups and Asian shooting championships.

Bhagirath Samai (born 11 August 1957), is an Indian professional shooter who represented his country at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He won a gold medal at the 1986 Asian Games, for which performance he was awarded the Arjuna Award. He participated in two South Asian Games, two Asian Games, two Asian Shooting Championships, two Commonwealth Games and one Olympic Games.

Bhuvaneshwari Kumari is an Indian sportswoman and a champion in trap shooting. She was awarded an Arjuna Award in 1969. She was born in on 29 May 1945 at Bombay and married Thakur Devi Singh, of Malassar, in Bikaner.

Subedar Major Chain Singh (born 5 April 1989) is an Indian sport shooter and a Junior Commissioned Officer in the Indian Army, where he first learned and honed his skills in shooting in 2007. Specializing in rifle events, Singh has represented India at various prestigious international competitions, including the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Chandro Tomar (10 January 1932 – 30 April 2021) was an Indian octogenarian sharpshooter from the village of Johri in the Bagpat district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Since learning to shoot in 1999 when she was already in her 60s, she had attained national fame as an accomplished shooter, having won more than 30 national championships. " The Uttar Pradesh government renamed the Noida Shooting Range and a road of her village after her name later.

Chinki Yadav is an Indian sport shooter who competes in the 25 metre pistol event. She secured a quota place for India at the 2020 Summer Olympics by qualifying for the final of the 2019 Asian Shooting Championships.

Darshna Rathore (born 3 September 2001) is an Indian sport shooter. She competes in the skeet discipline. She is part of the Indian shooting team at the Asian Games, Hangzhou, China.

Deepak Kumar (born 5 November 1987) is an Indian former sport shooter and a Senior Non Commissioned officer in the Indian Air Force. Kumar has represented India in the men's 10 m air rifle and 10 m air rifle mixed team events at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Deepali Deshpande (born 3 August 1969) is an Indian coach and former sport shooter. She won a silver medal in rifle shooting at the 2004 Asian Shooting Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and was selected to compete for India at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing nineteenth in the rifle three positions. Deshpande also served throughout her sporting career as a member of the Indian Shooting Federation under her coaches Laszlo Szucsak and Sunny Thomas.

Dhanush Srikanth (born 21 July 2002) is an Indian deaf sports shooter. He made his Deaflympic debut at the age of 19 representing India at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics (held in May 2022). Despite his deafness, he has been competing in Indian shooting circuit and has been regarded as one of the regular faces in Indian shooting fraternity.

Divya Thadigol Subbaraju (born 14 August 1995) is an Indian sport shooter from Karnataka. She competes in the ISSF 10 meter air pistol discipline. She became the National Champion in 10m Air Pistol 2022.

Divyansh Singh Panwar (born 19 October 2002) is an Indian sport shooter. He won the silver medal in the 10 metre air rifle event at the 2019 ISSF World Cup in Beijing and secured a quota position for India at the 2020 Summer Olympics where he achieved rank 32 at the Men's 10 metre air rifle event.

Residential sports hostels providing free boarding, lodging, and scientific training to promising athletes.

On 8 September 2026 the Maharashtra Cabinet approved a revised policy for the 5 per cent parallel reservation for meritorious sportspersons in direct recruitment in state government and semi-government bodies. Sports included in at least three consecutive Summer Olympic Games after 2005 qualify, and Kabaddi, Kho-Kho, Chess, Mallakhamb and Cricket have been added as regional sports. Under the revised policy, sports certificates must be verified through a digital Sports E-Certificate system within three months, and earlier government resolutions on the quota were rescinded.

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), a Government of India enterprise, gives monthly scholarships to economically weaker young sportspersons who have the potential to excel in sport, in games including badminton, boxing, wrestling, kabaddi, chess, athletics and para sports. This is a public-sector company scheme, not a government department scheme. A scholarship is awarded for one year and can be extended up to two years based on annual performance. The number of scholarships is fixed game by game; for the 2025-26 round, for example, badminton had 6 (3 for men and 3 for women) and kabaddi had 20.

NHPC Limited, a Government of India enterprise, offers a sports scholarship to promising young players aged 14 to 19 years (14 to 24 years for para sports) in 16 games, to encourage their talent and build a talent pool during their formative years of education. This is a public-sector company scheme, not a government department scheme. Up to 32 scholarships are provided, two in each game, in two categories, Elite Scholar and Scholar, for a period of three years.

Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), a Government of India enterprise, offers 100 para-sports scholarships (50 for men, 50 for women) in two categories, Para Scholar and Elite Para Scholar, across 16 para games including badminton. This is a public-sector company scheme, not a government department scheme. A scholarship runs for a maximum of three years, with a performance review after each year.

Under instructions of the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), central government ministries and departments can directly recruit meritorious sportspersons to Group C posts (including erstwhile Group D) that are filled by direct recruitment, in relaxation of the normal recruitment procedure. The list of qualifying sports has 65 disciplines (63 listed in 2020, with Tennis Ball Cricket added in January 2021 and Yogasana in June 2022). Kudo, Karate, Taekwondo, Golf, Judo, Boxing, Wrestling, Badminton, Cricket and Tennis are among them. Railways and a few scientific and atomic-energy services follow separate rules.

The state runs multiple residential academies for different sports providing world-class coaching, equipment, and education.