Samaresh Jung (born 5 May, 1970) is a shooting sportsman from India specialising in the field of Air pistol, apart from other fields. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, Manchester, he won two Gold medals, in the Men's free pistol pairs and in the Open event of 25 m standard pistol pairs, both in partnership with Jaspal Rana. He received the Arjuna award in 2002. He is employed with the CISF and lives in New Delhi.
| Medal record | |||
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| Commonwealth Games (2002) | |||
| Gold | Manchester | Standard Pistol ( P ) | |
| Gold | Manchester | Free Pistol ( P ) | |
| Silver | Manchester | Air Pistol ( I ) | |
| Silver | Manchester | Free Pistol ( I ) | |
| Commonwealth Games (2006) | |||
| Gold | Melbourne | Men's 50m Pistol ( I ) | |
| Gold | Melbourne | Men's 10m Air Pistol ( P ) | |
| Gold | Melbourne | Men's 25m Cent. Pistol( P ) | |
| Gold | Melbourne | Men's 10m Air Pistol ( P ) | |
| Gold | Melbourne | Men's 25m Standard Pistol | |
| Silver | Melbourne | Men's 50m Pistol ( P ) | |
| Bronze | Melbourne | Men's 25m Cent. Pistols | |
| Special Awards | |||
| Gold | Melbourne | David Dixon Award | |
2006 Commonwealth Games
At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, he was in contention for eight medals. Starting off with a silver, he finally won five Gold, one silver and one bronze. After winning the one silver and five Gold, nerves got the better of him in the 25m centrefire pistol individual event where he could manage only a bronze. In the standard fire pistol individual competition, his gun malfunctioned and he fell out of contention for a medal in that event. He was given the David Dixon Award at the closing ceremony, an award to recognise the "Best Athlete of the 18th Commonwealth Games". He was dubbed "Goldfinger" by the volunteers at the Games [1].
Awards and medals
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- Arjuna Award
- Commonwealth Games: 2 gold medals (men's free pistol pairs and open standard pistol pairs, each with Jaspal Rana) and 3 silver medals (air pistol individual, free pistol individual, and free pistol pairs, the last with Rana)
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- SAF Games: 1 silver medal (25m standard pistol)
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- Fifth Commonwealth Shooting Championship: 2 gold medals, 2 silver medals, and 1 bronze medal
- Indian National Games: 1 gold medal (10m air pistol)
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- Commonwealth Games: David Dixon Award (as best athlete of the Games); 5 gold medals (men's 50m pistol, men's 10m air pistol, men's 25m centre fire pistol pairs (with Rana), men's 10m air pistol pairs (with Vivek Singh, and men's 25m standard pistol pairs (with Ronak Pandit), 1 silver medal (men's 50m pistol pairs with Singh), and 1 bronze medal (men's 25m centre fire pistol)
References
- News item about Jung's performance at 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Samaresh Jung on Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India website
- 5th December 2005 News Story in The Hindu about Samaresh Jung's defense in 2005 National Games.
- 2004 SAF Games report
- Results of the 5th Commonwealth Shooting Championship, Melbourne
- 2006 Commonwealth Games
