Ganemat Sehon Wins Silver Medal In ISSF World Junior Championships.
Sehon was interested in shooting even as a child.
Ganemat Sehon Wins Silver Medal carried on his family legacy, with his great-grandfather Captain Chattar Singh. She being a double champion in the royal shooting competition in the 1940s and his grandfather Mohinderpal Singh being the national archer.
20-year-old Punjab shooter Ghanemat Sehon Wins Silver Medal part in her latest international junior event. Won a silver medal in the women’s skiing category at the ISSF World Junior Championships in Lima, Peru on Thursday.
Sehon, a student at SD College Sector 32 who became India’s top scorer in 2018 to win a medal in the World Junior Championships. Won a bronze medal at the ISSF World Cup in Delhi earlier this March. When India’s senior goalscorer achieved the feat. She lost to America’s Alicia Lane 2-0 in the series for the gold medal after both tied with 46 points in the final.
“This was my last international tournament as a teenager and I am happy to end my youth career with a World Cup medal.
The conditions in the final were very challenging because the wind was very strong here. But I am happy to be among them. I had a good performance in those conditions. Getting used to the time difference is another challenge. But my training with coach Piero Genga helped me a lot,” Sehon said in an interview with The Indian Express.
Sehon was interested in shooting even as a child. He carried on his family legacy, with his great-grandfather Captain Chattar Singh becoming several Masters of the Royal Shooting Competition in the 1940s. Her grandfather Mohinderpal Singh becoming a national archer.
At the urging of her father Amrinder Singh, she started shooting in 2015 and won a silver medal in the women’s skate event at the Senji National Shooting Championships in Pune. He put in similar performances for the national team in Delhi in 2017 and in Jaipur in 2018. In 2018, Sehon became the first Indian to win a bronze medal at the ISSF World Junior Championships in Sydney, Australia.
In 2019, Ganemat Sehon Wins Silver Medal at the Asian Shooting Championships in Doha. Before winning a historic bronze medal at the ISSF World Cup in Delhi in March this year.
Sekhon also teamed up with Angad Vir Bajwa to win gold in the mixed team skate competition in Delhi.
“The ISSF World Cup bronze medal was a boost to my career in shooting older people. And gave me a lot from confidence to believe in myself while competing in the senior division. The time after the World Cup was difficult because I didn’t go to training. Meant that I could only get advice over the phone from my coach Piero Genga. “I trained for the World Cup in Kazakhstan before it was cancelled,” Sehon said.
The 20-year-old, whose family recently moved from Ziracpur to Kanzal, sees next year as crucial for his goal of participating in the 2024 Olympics in Paris: “I’ve been training physically and mentally. The Indian skate team currently does not have a coach and we hope to get one soon. “Study abroad will be very important ahead of next year’s Asian Games and winning a medal. There will build my confidence in my goal of qualifying for the 2024 Olympics and winning a medal,” said Sehon.
