Elizabeth Koshy

Elizabeth Susan Koshy, (born May 10, 1994)[1] is an Indian shooter from Kerala. She made her international debut at the Junior meet in Germany in 2011 in which the Indian team was in sixth place. Koshy won five gold medals in Thiruvananthapuram at the State championship in the same year.[2] She won silver in the Asian Shooting Championships and represented India in the 2013 and 2014 World Cups. Koshy took part in the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Koshy won gold in the 2015 National Games women's 50m Rifle Prone event, the first for Kerala.[3][4][5] She was coached by Haryana-based Satguru Dass from the navy. From Kochi, she was inspired to take up the sport on seeing a pre-National shooting championship during her childhood; she said that her grandfather was a hunter. She has taken part in prone, three-position and air rifle events but prefers three-position.[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://sportingindia.com/content/elizabeth-susan-koshy
  2. 1 2 Rayan, Stan (16 June 2011). "Elizabeth Koshy sets sights on 2016 Rio Olympics". The Hindu. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  3. ↑ G, Sandip (4 February 2015). "TN, Kerala Spread Shooting Wings". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Koshy gifts Kerala first shooting medal in National Games history". The Times of India. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Elizabeth Koshy gifts Kerala first shooting medal in games history". Millenniumpost. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.


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