Pawan Singh (coach)

Pawan Singh is a former Indian rifle shooter and shooting coach of the Indian shooting team. He is the first and only Indian shooting official to get elected as a member of the International Shooting Sport Federation's (ISSF) Judges Committee in the General Assembly elections held in Germany in 2018.[2] He holds the post of the Joint Secretary-General of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI).[2]

Pawan Singh
Nationality India
Occupationformer Rifle shooter and shooting coach
OrganizationGun For Glory academy
TitleJoint Secretary-General of the National Rifle Association of India
Chairman of ISSF's Result Timing Score (RTS) Jury
Awards2019 Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports[1]

Career

Singh started as a shooter in 1995 and won medals at state and national championships.[2] He coached the Indian shooting team between the year 2007 and 2012.[3] Currently, he is serving as the Joint Secretary-General of the NRAI.[2]

Pawan Singh was the Competitions Director in the 2017 ISSF World Cup held in New Delhi.[4][5] He also represented India at the World Conference organised by the ISSF in 2017.[6]

He contested for the ISSF elections and became the first Indian to get elected as a member of the ISSF Judged Committee. He was appointed as chairing of the Result Timing Score (RTS) Jury by the International Shooting Sport Federation for the 2019 ISSF World Cup in Munich in May 2018.[6]

In December 2018, he became the first Indian to be elected one of seven members of the Judges Committee of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF).[2]

In April 2019, Singh was appointed as an ISSF Jury member to officiate at the 2020 Tokyo Games, being first Indian Shooting Jury to be selected for Olympics.[7]

Singh has also worked as the Coordinator for the World Cup event which was held February 2017, Asian Olympic Qualifying Quota Competition and 8th Asian Airgun Championship. He was also the part of 'Jury Equipment Control' for Commonwealth Games, World Military Games and Commonwealth Youth Games.[3]

In November 2017, he was also selected for the special instructors' workshop organised by the International Shooting Sport Federation, which was held in Munich, Germany.[8]

Pawan Singh is also a co-founder of Pune-based Gun For Glory academy, which he started in 2011 with 2012 bronze medallist Gagan Narang.[9][6]

Awards

Pawan Singh along with Gagan Narang received the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar from Ram Nath Kovind, the President of India at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in August 2019.[10][11]

References
  1. Srinivasan, Kamesh (August 31, 2019). "Both "an honour and a responsibility"". The Hindu.
  2. "Pawan Singh is first Indian to be elected in ISSF's judges committee". The Times of India. December 3, 2018.
  3. "Pawan Singh appointed 'Competitions Manager'". Sakal Times. October 27, 2017.
  4. "Former India Shooting coach Pawan Singh to conduct training to create future shooting judges". Punekar News. March 22, 2017.
  5. "Pawan Singh to train shooting judges in Beijing". The Hindu. March 22, 2019.
  6. Dutt, Tushar (May 22, 2018). "Pawan Singh appointed as head of RTF Jury for ISSF World Cup in Munich". The Times of India.
  7. Dutt, Tushar (April 13, 2019). "Pawan Singh becomes first Indian Shooting Jury to get selected for Olympics". The Times of India.
  8. "NRAI official Singh selected for ISSF Munich workshop". Mumbai Mirror. November 14, 2017.
  9. Kumar Singh, Shivendra (April 17, 2012). "Pune-based gurukul Gun for Glory determine to make shooting a recreational sport". The Economic Times.
  10. "How Narang plans to produce Olympic medallists for India". Rediff.com. September 3, 2019.
  11. Srinivasan, Kamesh (August 30, 2019). "National award a glorious validation for Gagan Narang's vision". The Hindu.


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