Nationality Indian Team Indian Shooting Team Event(s) Skeet | Sport Sport shooting Country India Name Karam Lehal | |
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Born 10 February 1994 (age 30) ( 1994-02-10 ) Sangrur, Punjab, India Club National Rifle Association of India | ||
Karam Lehal (born Karam Sukhbir Singh Lehal, on 10 February 1994, in Sangrur, Punjab, India) is an Indian skeet shooter.
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Background
Karam comes from one of the old respected noble families of Sangrur, Punjab. Before being selected in the Indian Shooting team in 2012, he has also been into sports like boxing and horse riding at a state level.
Shooting career
In 2012 Lehal got selected in the Indian Shooting Team (juniors). Started by winning a bronze in the Jr. Men’s skeet event at the 55th National Shotgun Championship held in Delhi the same year.
2013 gave a boost to Lehal's career. "The World Championship held in Peru in September 2013 was a turning point for me or more of an encouraging event for my career!" says Lehal. In the 57th National Shotgun Championship held in Delhi, Karam won a bronze in the individual Jr. men’s skeet event whereas along with fellow shooters Angad Vir Singh and Shinedeep Singh, the team bagged a gold.
In the 58th National Shotgun Championship Competitions held at Patiala, Punjab (November 2014) Lehal won the title of "the National Junior Champion" by winning two golds, one in the jr. men’s skeet event over Anantjeet Singh Naruka, and the other in the jr. team men’s skeet event.
A major achievement for the shooter has been his conquest over the gold in team men’s skeet event and a bronze in the individual men’s skeet event at the 4th Asian Shotgun Championship held at Al-ain, Dubai in 2014. Karam Lehal, Angad Vir Singh and Smit Singh, teamed up to win gold in the Jr. Team Men’s Skeet Event at the 35th National Games, Kerala (2015).
In the Inter-University 2015 Competitions, held at Punjab University Patiala, in the men’s team event Lehal teamed up with Karanvir Singh Sekhon and Jai Dhaliwal to win the championship by 193 points, leaving behind the teams of Punjabi University Chandigarh and Delhi University with 149 and 120 points respectively.
Karam Lehal, along with skeet shooters Karanvir Sekhon and Gurjot Khangura represented India at the World University Games 2015 (Gwangju Summer Universiade 15'). The team acquired 4th position in the Men's skeet event whereas Russia, Italy and Kazakhstan stood first, second and third respectively.
In the 59th National Shotgun Championship Competitions 2015, held at Jaipur, Karam Sukhbir Singh along with skeet shooters Gurjoat Singh and Angad Vir Singh Bajwa claimed second position as a team whereas the Uttar Pradesh team led with 6 points, acquiring the gold.