Samaresh Jung (born 19 May 1970) is an Indian

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. He is an air pistol specialist. At the

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, he won two gold medals, in the men's free pistol pairs and in the open event of 25 m standard pistol pairs, both in partnership with Jaspal Rana. He contested in the 10 m air pistol and 50 m pistol events at the

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, but failed to reach the finals in both events. He received the

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in 2002. He is employed with the CISF and lives in

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. On 3 October 2010, he had the honour of bearing the

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in its

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run in the stadium for the

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of Delhi.CBC, 2010 Commonwealth Games, Opening Ceremonies, airdate 3 October 2010, 9:00am-12:30pm (Eastern), circa 2h20m mark, CBC Television main network

Early life

Samresh Jung was born on 19 May 1970, in Haripur khol Nahan

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. Son of a retired colonel of the Indian Army, Jung learnt the art of shooting from his grandfather, Sher Jung, who was a freedom fighter, besides being an ace shooter. Jung completed his preliminary education from the Modern School in Delhi. Thereafter, he enrolled himself at the

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in Hyderabad, from where he gained his graduation degree. Very few people know that he is a good player of chess too.

Career

2006 Commonwealth Games

At the

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, he was in contention for eight medals. Starting off with a silver, he finally won five Gold, one silver and one bronze. After winning the one silver and five Gold, nerves got the better of him in the 25m centrefire pistol individual event where he could manage only a bronze. In the standard fire pistol individual competition, his gun malfunctioned and he fell out of contention for a medal in that event. He was given the David Dixon Award at the closing ceremony, an award given to the "most outstanding athlete at the 18th Commonwealth Games". He was dubbed "''Goldfinger''" by the volunteers at the Game

Awards and medals

2002 :*

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: 2 gold medals (men's free pistol pairs and open standard pistol pairs, each with Jaspal Rana) and 3 silver medals (air pistol individual, free pistol individual, and free pistol pairs, the last with Rana) 2004 :*SAF Games: 1 silver medal (25m standard pistol) 2005 :*Fifth Commonwealth Shooting Championship: 2 gold medals, 2 silver medals, and 1 bronze medal :*Indian National Games: 1 gold medal (10m air pistol) 2006 :*

: David Dixon Award (as best athlete of the Games); 5 gold medals (men's 50m pistol, men's 10m air pistol, men's 25m centre fire pistol pairs (with Rana), men's 10m air pistol pairs (with Vivek Singh, and men's 25m standard pistol pairs (with Ronak Pandit), 1 silver medal (men's 50m pistol pairs with Singh), and 1 bronze medal (men's 25m centre fire pistol)

Personal life

He married Anuja Jung.

References

General references

Samresh Jung's profile, images and news

* ttp://sportal.nic.in/sportpersondetails.asp?sno=266&moduleid=&maincatid=45&subid=0&comid=2 Samaresh Jung on Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports,

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5 December 2005 News Story
in

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about Samaresh Jung's defense in 2005 National Games (archived)
2004 SAF Games report
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(archived)
2006 Commonwealth Games

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