Shreyasi Singh (born 29 August 1991) is an Indian

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and politician. She competes in the

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event. She won a gold medal in the Shooting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in

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- Women's double trap and a silver medal at the

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. In 2020, she joined India's ruling

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and is a Member of

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from Jamui constituency.

Early life and education

Shreyasi's grandfather Kumar Serender Singh and father Digvijay Singh were both presidents of the National Rifle Association of India in their lifetimes. Shreyasi hails from

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in Jamui district of

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and is from Chandel

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Caste. Her father was also former union minister. Her mother

Putul Kumari Putul Kumari (born 16 November 1958) is an Indian politician from Bihar state, who has lost Lok Sabha elections from Banka a couple of times, latest in 2019. She was elected to Lok Sabha from Banka in a by-poll in 2010, after the death of her hu ...

is also an ex-MP from Banka,

. Shreyasi was an Arts student at

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and MBA student at Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad.

Sports career

Singh was part of the Indian team at the 2013 Trap Shooting World Cup held in

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. She won the 15th position there. Singh competed in the singles and pair trap events at the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

. She came 6th in single trap event and 5th in pair trap event. She won the silver medal in the singles double trap event at the

having scored 92 points in the final. In the same year, she won the bronze medal at the

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...

in Incheon in the Double trap team event, along with

Shagun Chowdhary Shagun Chowdhary (born in 1983) is an Indian shooter from Jaipur, Rajasthan. She did her schooling from Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls School, Jaipur and graduated from Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University. Shagun Chowdhary became the first In ...

and Varsha Varman. She won gold medal in 61st national National Shooting Championship while representing

, in 2017.

Political career

At the young age of 30, she joined the

in 2020 and successfully contested the

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from

Jamui (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Jamui Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Bihar Legislative Assembly, located in Jamui district of Bihar, India. It is a segment of Jamui (Lok Sabha constituency) Jamui Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabh ...

, defeating the RJD’s Vijay Prakash with a margin of over 41000 votes.

References

External links

Shreyasi Singh profile
at ISSF {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Shreyasi Living people 1991 births People from Jamui district Indian female sport shooters Asian Games medalists in shooting Shooters at the 2010 Asian Games Shooters at the 2014 Asian Games Shooters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India Sportswomen from Bihar Asian Games bronze medalists for India Commonwealth Games medallists in shooting 21st-century Indian women 21st-century Indian people Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Shooters at the 2018 Asian Games Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Bihar Bihar MLAs 2020–2025 Recipients of the Arjuna Award Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games