{{short description|Indian sport shooter (born 2002)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2026}}
{{Infobox sportsperson | name = Saurabh Chaudhary | image = Saurabh Chaudhary 2025.jpg | caption = Chaudhary at the 2025 World Cup | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|05|12|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/athlete/CHAUDHARY-Saurabh-3029947/ | title=Athletes Saurabh Chaudhary | website=asiangames2018.id | publisher=Asian Games 2018 | accessdate=21 August 2018 | archive-date=21 August 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821200444/https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/athlete/CHAUDHARY-Saurabh-3029947/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> | birth_place = Kalina, Uttar Pradesh, India | height = 1.73 m | sport = Shooting | event = 10 m air pistol | highestranking = 3 | pb = {{ubl |246.3 '''WJR''' (2019) |240.7 '''AGR''' (2018) |591 '''NR''' (2025) }} | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's shooting}}30px {{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}} {{MedalCount |total = yes | World Cup Final | 0 | 1 | 0 |Asian Games | 1 | 0 | 0 | Asian Championships | 4 | 3 | 2 | World Cup | 9 | 2 | 4 | Youth Olympic Games | 1 | 0 | 0 | Junior World Championships | 1 | 0 | 1 | Junior Asian Championships | 2 | 1 | 0 | Junior World Cup | 4 | 0 | 0 }} {{MedalSport|Men's 10 m air pistol}} {{MedalCompetition|World Cup Final}} {{MedalSilver|2019 Putian|Mixed team}} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}} {{MedalGold|2018 Palembang|Individual}} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}} {{MedalGold|2019 Taoyuan|Mixed team}} {{MedalGold|2019 Taoyuan|Team}} {{MedalSilver|2019 Doha|Individual}} {{MedalSilver|2019 Doha|Mixed team}} {{MedalSilver|2025 Shymkent|Team}} {{MedalBronze|2019 Doha|Team}} {{MedalBronze|2025 Shymkent|Mixed team}} {{MedalCompetition|World Cup}} {{MedalGold|2019 Munich|Individual}} {{MedalGold|2019 New Delhi|Individual}} {{MedalGold|2019 New Delhi|Mixed team}} {{MedalGold|2019 Beijing|Mixed team}} {{MedalGold|2019 Munich|Mixed team}} {{MedalGold|2021 New Delhi|Mixed team}} {{MedalGold|2021 New Delhi|Team}} {{MedalGold|2022 Cairo|Individual}} {{MedalGold|2025 Lima|Mixed team}} {{MedalSilver|2021 Osijek|Mixed team}} {{MedalSilver|2021 New Delhi|Individual}} {{MedalBronze|2019 Rio de Janeiro|Individual}} {{MedalBronze|2021 Osijek|Individual}} {{MedalBronze|2025 Lima|Individual}} {{MedalBronze|2025 Buenos Aires|Mixed team}} {{MedalCompetition|Youth Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold|2018 Buenos Aires|Individual}} {{MedalCompetition|Junior World Championships}} {{MedalGold|2018 Changwon|Individual}} {{MedalBronze|2018 Changwon|Mixed team}} {{MedalCompetition|Junior Asian Championships}} {{MedalGold|2017 Wako City|Individual}} {{MedalGold|2018 Kuwait City|Individual}} {{MedalSilver|2016 Tehran|Individual}} {{MedalCompetition|Junior World Cup}} {{MedalGold|2018 Suhl|Individual}} {{MedalGold|2018 Suhl|Mixed team}} {{MedalGold|2022 Suhl|Mixed team}} {{MedalGold|2022 Suhl|Team}} {{MedalSport|Men's 50 m pistol}} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}} {{MedalGold|2026 New Delhi|Individual}} {{MedalGold|2026 New Delhi|Team}} }}
'''Saurabh Chaudhary''' (born 12 May 2002) is an Indian sport shooter who specializes in the 10 m air pistol event.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/asian-games/who-is-saurabh-chaudhary-asian-games-2018-gold-medal-5317213/|title=Asian Games 2018: Who is Saurabh Chaudhary?|date=21 August 2018|website=indianexpress.com|publisher=Indian Express|accessdate=21 August 2018|archive-date=21 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821191936/https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/asian-games/who-is-saurabh-chaudhary-asian-games-2018-gold-medal-5317213/|url-status=live}}</ref> He rose to fame after clinching the gold medal in the 10 m air pistol event at the 2018 Asian Games, becoming the youngest Indian ever to win an Asian Games gold at just 16 years old.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Record Player: Saurabh Chaudhary becomes India's youngest Asian Games individual gold medallist |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/asian-games/news/2018/aug/22/record-player-saurabh-chaudhary-becomes-indias-youngest-asian-games-individual-gold-medallist-1860975.html |access-date=2022-10-08 |website=The New Indian Express |archive-date=8 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008174610/https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/asian-games/news/2018/aug/22/record-player-saurabh-chaudhary-becomes-indias-youngest-asian-games-individual-gold-medallist-1860975.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/asian-games-2018/asian-games-2018-saurabh-chaudhary-abhishek-verma-qualify-for-10m-air-pistol-final/story-Egsd0OMnX5WjnbFnqQ7MhN.html|website=hindustantimes.com|title=Asian Games 2018: Saurabh Chaudhary clinches gold, Abhishek Verma bronze in 10m Air Pistol shooting|date=21 August 2018|publisher=Hindustan Times|accessdate=21 August 2018|archive-date=21 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821073403/https://www.hindustantimes.com/asian-games-2018/asian-games-2018-saurabh-chaudhary-abhishek-verma-qualify-for-10m-air-pistol-final/story-Egsd0OMnX5WjnbFnqQ7MhN.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He set a world junior record with a score of 246.3 in the 10 m air pistol category in 2019, a record he still holds as of 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation |url=https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/records |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=www.issf-sports.org}}</ref> In recognition of his achievements, he was honored with the Arjuna Award in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-28 |title=List of National Sports Awards 2020 Winners |url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/list-of-national-sports-awards-winners-1598256543-1 |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=Jagranjosh.com |language=en}}</ref>
== Early life == Chaudhary was born in a Jat family of farmers in Kalina village, Meerut district in Uttar Pradesh. He took up shooting at 13 and practised daily, travelling 15 km each way on buses to his club run.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home|url=http://www.aryangateways.org/|access-date=4 February 2021|website=Aryan Gateways|language=en-US|archive-date=8 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208114640/http://www.aryangateways.org/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Career== Months before Tokyo Olympics, Chaudhary was effected by COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Sabi Hussain |date=Apr 22, 2021 |title=Having beaten Covid, Olympic hope Saurabh Chaudhary returns to shooting with renewed vigour {{!}} More sports News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/having-beaten-covid-olympic-hope-saurabh-chaudhary-returns-to-shooting-with-renewed-vigour/articleshow/82191158.cms |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=The Times of India |language=en |archive-date=28 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728122349/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/having-beaten-covid-olympic-hope-saurabh-chaudhary-returns-to-shooting-with-renewed-vigour/articleshow/82191158.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> But, sensational shooter Chaudhary<ref>{{Citation |title=Saurabh Chaudhary, Indian Shooting's Brightest Star at Tokyo Olympics {{!}} The Quint |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEzqgIcc8D8 |language=en |access-date=2022-08-06 |archive-date=6 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806080233/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEzqgIcc8D8&gl=US&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> fired his way into the finals of the men's 10m air pistol event by topping the qualifications at 1st position with 586/600<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sportstar |first=Team |date=2021-07-24 |title=Saurabh Chaudhary qualifies for 10m air pistol final at Tokyo Olympics, Abhishek Verma misses out |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/olympics/tokyo-olympics/saurabh-chaudhary-qualify-for-10m-air-pistol-final-shooting-abhishek-verma-tokyo-olympics/article35503697.ece |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=sportstar.thehindu.com |language=en |archive-date=6 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806080236/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/olympics/tokyo-olympics/saurabh-chaudhary-qualify-for-10m-air-pistol-final-shooting-abhishek-verma-tokyo-olympics/article35503697.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> with a mind-blowing performance in the Tokyo Olympics here on Saturday. Coach hard work at Aryangateways Sports Foundation<ref>{{Cite web |last=ehapurnews |date=2022-08-17 |title=शूटिंग प्रतियोगिता में शूटरों ने दिखाया दम, जीता गोल्ड |url=https://ehapurnews.com/shooters-showed-their-mettle-in-the-shooting-competition-won-gold/ |access-date=2022-09-21 |website=Latest Hapur News, Pilkhuwa News, Simbhaoli हिन्दी समाचार & U.P india in hindi |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=ehapurnews |date=2022-08-13 |title=चार दिवसीय फर्स्ट आर्यन शूटिंग चैंपियनशिप का उद्घाटन |url=https://ehapurnews.com/four-day-first-aryan-shooting-championship-inaugurated/ |access-date=2022-09-21 |website=Latest Hapur News, Pilkhuwa News, Simbhaoli हिन्दी समाचार & U.P india in hindi |language=en-US |archive-date=21 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921044954/https://ehapurnews.com/four-day-first-aryan-shooting-championship-inaugurated/ |url-status=live }}</ref> for Saurabh proved itself in Olympics. Unfortunately in finals medal slipped off even after the entry at first position.<ref>{{Cite web |agency=PTI |date=Jul 24, 2021 |title=Tokyo Olympics: Saurabh Chaudhary finishes seventh in 10m pistol final after shining in qualifications {{!}} Tokyo Olympics News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tokyo-olympics/india-in-tokyo/tokyo-olympics-saurabh-chaudhary-finishes-seventh-in-10m-pistol-final-after-shining-in-qualifications/articleshow/84703172.cms |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=The Times of India |language=en |archive-date=6 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806080230/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tokyo-olympics/india-in-tokyo/tokyo-olympics-saurabh-chaudhary-finishes-seventh-in-10m-pistol-final-after-shining-in-qualifications/articleshow/84703172.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>
At the age of 16 years, he won Gold n 10m air pistol at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires. And shot 244.2 to finish on top ahead of South Korea's Sung Yunho (236.7) and Switzerland's Solari Jason (215.6), who bagged silver and bronze respectively.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 10, 2018|title=Youth Olympics: 16-year-old shooter Saurabh Chaudhary bags gold|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/other-sports/story/saurabh-chaudhary-youth-olympics-shooting-1360316-2018-10-10|access-date=2021-07-26|website=India Today|language=en|archive-date=26 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726125924/https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/other-sports/story/saurabh-chaudhary-youth-olympics-shooting-1360316-2018-10-10|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== 2018 === Chaudhary became the youngest Indian shooter to win a gold medal at the Asian Games. He participated in the Youth Olympic Games 2018 in Argentina and won gold. He won three golds in the Asian Airgun Championship in 2018:the 10m air pistol competition, the team competition and in the mixed team 10m pistol.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/shooting-world-cup-saurabh-chaudhary-breaks-world-record-to-win-10m-air-pistol-gold-secures-olympic-quota/articleshow/68137367.cms| website= timesofindia.com| title= Shooting World Cup: Saurabh Chaudhary breaks World Record to win 10m air pistol gold, secures Olympic quota – Times of India| access-date= 22 April 2024| archive-date= 30 August 2022| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220830095420/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/shooting-world-cup-saurabh-chaudhary-breaks-world-record-to-win-10m-air-pistol-gold-secures-olympic-quota/articleshow/68137367.cms| url-status= live}}</ref>
=== 2019 === In February he won the gold medal at ISSF World Cup in Delhi.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/shooting-world-cup-saurabh-chaudhary-breaks-world-record-to-win-10m-air-pistol-gold-secures-olympic-quota/articleshow/68137367.cms| title= Shooting World Cup: Saurabh Chaudhary breaks World Record to win 10m air pistol gold, secures Olympic quota – Times of India| website= timesofindia.com| access-date= 22 April 2024| archive-date= 30 August 2022| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220830095420/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/shooting-world-cup-saurabh-chaudhary-breaks-world-record-to-win-10m-air-pistol-gold-secures-olympic-quota/articleshow/68137367.cms| url-status= live}}</ref>
In April, he participated in Mixed Team 10m pistol with Manu Bhaker and won gold at ISSF World Cup in Beijing.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}
In May he won gold and broke the world and junior records in 10m pistol ISSF World Cup in Munich.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/results/detail.ashx?cshipid=2545&resultkey=3b3b303b415036303b313b463b493b313b303b30|title=ISSF World Cup, Munich 2019: Result 10m Air Pistol Men|website=www.issf-sports.org|access-date=5 June 2019|archive-date=27 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927015251/https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/results/detail.ashx?cshipid=2545&resultkey=3b3b303b415036303b313b463b493b313b303b30|url-status=dead}}</ref>
=== 2020 === In January 2020, he won 63rd gold at the 63rd National Shooting Championship.in men's 10 metre air pistol.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/shooting/saurabh-chaudhary-gold-10-metre-air-pistol-national-shooting-championship-sarabjot-singh-final/article30479501.ece|title=Saurabh Chaudhary wins gold in National Shooting Championship|last=Srinivasan|first=Kamesh|website=Sportstar|language=en|access-date=6 January 2020|archive-date=21 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321124410/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/shooting/saurabh-chaudhary-gold-10-metre-air-pistol-national-shooting-championship-sarabjot-singh-final/article30479501.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== 2021 === In the men's 10 metre air pistol event of the Tokyo Olympics he managed to reach the final finishing in 7th place.
=== 2025 === Saurabh returned to shooting in January 2025, setting a national record in 10m men's air pistol shooting with a score of 591,<ref>https://www.firstpost.com/sports/saurabh-chaudhary-comeback-national-shooting-championships-record-explained-13850400.html</ref> winning the national selection trials. <ref>https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/saurabh-chaudhary-shooting-trials-india-pistol-team-world-cup-9836626/</ref>
==Performance record== ===Youth Olympic Games=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Year !Championship !Venue !Event !Rank !Score |- |2018 |Youth Olympic Games |Buenos Aires |10m air pistol |{{Gold01}} !Score:580,Final:244.2 |}
===World Championship=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Year !Championships !Venue !Event !Rank !Note |- |2017 |World Junior Championships |Suhl |10m air pistol |4th !Score:578,Final:198.0 |- |rowspan=2|2018 |rowspan=2|World Junior Championships |Changwon |10m air pistol |{{Gold01}} !score:581,Final:245.5 |- |Changwon |Mixed team 10m air pistol |{{bronze03}} !score:761,Final:407.3 |}
===Asian Games=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Year !Championship !Venue !Event !Rank !Score |- |2018 |2018 Asian Games |Palembang |10m air pistol |{{Gold01}} !score:586,Final:240.7 |}
===World Cup=== ====10m air pistol==== {| Class="wikitable sortable" |- !Year !Championships !Venue !Event !Rank !Score |- |rowspan=1|2021 |rowspan=1|ISSF World Cup |New Delhi |10m air pistol !2nd !Score:587,Final:243.2 |- |rowspan=3|2019 ISSF World Cup |rowspan=3|ISSF World Cup |New Delhi |10m air pistol !1st !Score:587,Final:245.0WR |- |Munich |10m air pistol !1st !score:586,Final:246.3WR Jr. Sr. |- |Rio de Janeiro |10m air pistol !3rd !score:584,Final:221.9 |- |2019 |ISSF World Cup Final |Putian |10m air pistol !6th !Score:581,Final:159.8 |- |2018 |Junior World Cup |Suhl |10m air pistol !1st !Score:583,Final:243.7 |}
====Mixed team==== {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" |- !Year !Championships !Venue !Event !Rank !Score |- | rowspan="1" |2021 | rowspan="1" |ISSF World Cup |New Delhi |Mixed team 10m air pistol |{{Gold01}} !Score:384,Final:16 |- | rowspan="4" |2019 ISSF World Cup | rowspan="4" |ISSF World Cup |New Delhi |Mixed team 10m air pistol |{{Gold01}} !Score:767,Final:478.9 |- |Beijing |Mixed team 10m air pistol |{{Gold01}} !Score:482,Final16 |- |Munich |Mixed team 10m air pistol |{{Gold01}} !score:591,Final:17 |- |Rio de Janeiro |Mixed team 10m air pistol |{{Gold01}} !Score:-,Final:17 |- |2019 |ISSF World Cup Final |Putian |Mixed team 10m air pistol |{{Silver02}} !score:389,Final:13 |- |2018 |Junior World Cup |Suhl |Mixed team 10m air pistol |{{Gold01}} !Score:767,Final:478.9 |}
==Honours== * ''The Times of India'' TOISA Shooter of the Year: 2021<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toisa-2021-neeraj-chopra-headlines-the-list-of-winners/articleshow/94847901.cms|title=TOISA 2021: Neeraj Chopra headlines the list of winners|date=14 October 2021|access-date=26 October 2022|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|publisher=The Times of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026215006/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toisa-2021-neeraj-chopra-headlines-the-list-of-winners/articleshow/94847901.cms|archive-date=26 October 2022|location=New Delhi|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
==Gallery== {{Multiple image | image1 = AGSF Arjun Award.jpg | caption1 = The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi greeted Saurabh Chaudhary as Gold Medalist youth Olympian, in Delhi on 21 October 2018 | image2 = Arjuna Award.jpg | caption2 = The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Rijiju (Minister) presenting the Arjuna Award, 2020 to Saurabh Chaudhary the shooter of Aryangateways Sports Foundation at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on 29 August 2020 }}
== See also ==
*National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) *International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) *Sports Authoruity of India (SAI) *[https://upstaterifle.com/ Uttar Pradesh State Rifle Association] (UPSRA)
== References ==
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== External links == * {{ISSF}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com|saurabh-chaudhary}} * {{2018 Asian Games profile|CHAUDHARY-Saurabh-3029947}} *{{cite web | url=https://www.khelkhiladi.in/saurabh-chaudhary-an-indian-sport-shooter-son-of-a-farmer-dare-to-dream-big/ | title=17 वर्षीय किसान का बेटा जिसने बड़ा सपना देखा और उसे जीता: सौरभ चौधरी 0 | first=Sourabh | last=Sharma | date=1 April 2019 | publisher=Khel Khiladi | accessdate=21 July 2019 | archive-date=22 July 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722013109/https://www.khelkhiladi.in/saurabh-chaudhary-an-indian-sport-shooter-son-of-a-farmer-dare-to-dream-big/ | url-status=dead }} *[https://www.aryangateways.org/ Aryangateways Sports Foundation] (AGSF)
{{Asian Games Champions Shooting 10 m Air Pistol Men}}
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