Arjun Babuta
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| Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 January 1999 Jalalabad, Fazilka, Punjab, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Chandigarh, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Shooter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 10 meter air rifle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Deepali Deshpande[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Arjun Babuta is an Indian sport shooter. He competes in the 10 meter air rifle events and has been a part of the Indian national shooting team since 2017.
Early life
[edit]Babuta was born on 24 January 1999 in Jalalabad, Fazilka. He is the son of Neeraj Babuta and the famous Punjabi author-poet Deepti Babuta.[2] He later moved to Chandigarh where he pursued a career in shooting. He obtained his undergraduate degree from DAV College, Chandigarh, and is studying mass communication and journalism at the Lovely Professional University as of 2022.[3][4]
Career
[edit]Babuta won one gold medal and one bronze medal in the 10m air rifle event at 2016 ISSF Junior World Cup in Gabala.[5] In 2017, he won silver at the 10th Asian Airgun Championship, Wako City in Japan.[6]
He also won the silver in the 27th Meeting of Shooting Hopes 2017 international junior competition, Plzen, Czech Republic.[7] He won one bronze in 2018 ISSF Junior World Cup in Sydney.[8]
A career-threatening back problem kept him out of action from 2018 to 2020. He won gold medals at the 2022 ISSF World Cup in Changwon in 10 metre air rifle, both in the individual and team events.[3]
At the 2023 Asian Shooting Championships, Babuta won silver in the 10 metre air rifle event, earning India a quota place to the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. He also won gold in the team event with Divyansh Singh Panwar and Hriday Hazarika.[9]
At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, the pair of Babuta and Ramita Jindal finished 6th among 28 teams in the qualifying round of the 10 metre air rifle mixed team event, failing to progress to the medal rounds.[10] Babuta made it to the final of men's 10 metre air rifle after placing seventh in qualification.[11] He finished fourth in the closely-contested final.[12]
Issues Raised
[edit]Arjun Babuta raised the issues of not receiving support from the Punjab State Government even though he was allegedly promised a government job in 2022.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ "Mohali-based Deepti Babuta becomes first woman to bag Dhahan Prize for Punjabi literature". Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ a b Dey, Santadeep (21 July 2022). "Once unable to stand for long with troubled back, Arjun Babuta outguns Olympic silver medallist". Sportstar. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Silver for Arjun in international meet". Tribune India. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Chandigarh shooter Arjun Babuta shoots bronze at Junior World Cup". Indian Express. 21 September 2016.
- ^ "Arjun Babuta claims silver in 10m air rifle at Asian Airgun Championship". Hindustan Times. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ "Meeting of Shooting Hopes: Arjun Babuta and Anmol Jain fire silver". Sportstarlive. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- ^ "Arjun Babuta shoots his way to bronze at Junior world cup". Indian Express. 23 March 2018.
- ^ "Asian Championships: Arjun Babuta's silver and Tilottama Sen's silver secure Olympic quota in the 10m air rifle events". The Times of India. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Paris Olympics: Indian shooters miss out on medal rounds in 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event". The Times of India. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Paris Olympics 2024: PV Sindhu opens campaign with dominant win; Arjun Babuta through to men's 10m air rifle final". DNA india.
- ^ "Paris Olympics 2024: Arjun Babuta misses medal in 10m air rifle men's final, finishes fourth". The Indian Express. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Shooter Arjun Babuta slams Punjab government for lack of support: 'Have not received any benefit'". Firstpost. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Arjun Babuta at ISSF
- Living people
- 1999 births
- Indian male sport shooters
- ISSF rifle shooters
- Sport shooters from Punjab, India
- Shooters at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic shooters for India
- Medalists at the 2021 Summer Universiade
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for India
- Summer World University Games medalists in shooting