Shreyasi Singh

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 Gidhaur in Jamui district of Bihar.[4] Her father was also former union minister.[5] Her mother Putul Kumari is also an Ex-MP from Banka, Bihar.[6] Shreyasi was an Arts student at Hansraj College, Delhi and MBA student at Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad.[7]

Singh was part of the Indian team at the 2013 Trap Shooting World Cup held in Acapulco, Mexico.[8] She won the 15th position there.[9]

Singh competed in the singles and pair trap events at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. 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 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow having scored 92 points in the final. In the same year, she won the bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon in the Double trap team event, along with Shagun Chowdhary and Varsha Varman.[10] She won gold medal in 61st national National Shooting Championship while representing Bihar,in 2017.[11]

At the young age of 30, she joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2020 and successfully contested the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election from Jamui (Vidhan Sabha constituency), defeating the RJD’s Vijay Prakash with a margin of over 41000 votes.[12][13]

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• Shreyasi Singh profile at ISSF