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Nationality  Indian
Height  1.78 m
Country  India
Weight  70 kg

Sport  Shooting
Club  Indian Navy
Name  Omkar Singh
Awards  Arjuna Award for Shooting
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Born  8 August 1984 (age 38) (1984-08-08) Kotma Colliery, Anuppur Madhya Pradesh, India

Meeting with Shooting Champions


Omkar Singh (Hindi: ओमकार सिंह, born 8 August 1984) is an Indian sports shooter. He won three gold medals and a silver medal in shooting events at the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi. He hails from Anuppur district of Madhya Pradesh and is currently serving the Indian Navy.

Omkar Singh Shooter Omkar Singh hopes to bring Olympic glory for India

On 5 October 2010, Omkar Singh and Deepak Sharma won a silver medal in the Men's 50 metre pistol pairs at the Commonwealth games. Omkar Singh won his first gold medal in the Men's 50 metre pistol singles on 6 October 2010. The next day, he paired up with Gurpreet Singh to win the gold medal in the Men's 10m Air Pistol (Pairs). On 8 October 2010, he won a gold medal in the Men's 10m Air Pistol (Single).

Omkar Singh belongs to the Kotma Colliery in the Anuppur district of Madhya Pradesh. His father was a teacher in the South Eastern Coal Fields Limited (SECL) School.

In 2012, he was given the Arjuna Award.

References

Omkar Singh Wikipedia