Jump to content

Swapnil Kusale

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Swapnil Kusale
Kusale at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (1995-08-06) 6 August 1995 (age 29)[1]
Kambalwadi, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India[2]
Years active2012–present
Sport
Country India
SportShooting
Event50 meter rifle three positions
Coached byDeepali Deshpande
Achievements and titles
Olympic finalsBronze x1
World finalsGold x2 Silver x2 Bronze x1
Regional finalsGold x2 Silver x1
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  India
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 1
World Championships 0 0 1
World Cup 2 2 0
Asian Games 1 0 0
Asian Championships 1 1 0
Commonwealth Championships 0 0 1
Total 4 3 3
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris 50 m rifle 3 positions
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Cairo 50 m rifle 3 positions team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2021 New Delhi 50 m rifle 3 positions team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Baku 50 m rifle 3 positions mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Baku 50 m rifle 3 positions team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Baku 50 m rifle 3 positions
Commonwealth Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Brisbane 50 m rifle prone
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou 50 m rifle 3 positions team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Jakarta 50 m rifle 3 positions team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Changwon 50 m rifle 3 positions team

Swapnil Kusale (born 6 August 1995)[3] is an Indian sport shooter. He won the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the men's 50 metre rifle three positions event.[4]

Early life

[edit]

Kusale was born on 6 August 1995, in Kambalwadi village in Kolhapur district.[2] In 2009, his father enrolled him into Maharashtra government's Krida Prabhodini sports programme. After one year of intense physical training, Kusale had to choose one sport and ended up choosing shooting.[5] In 2015, he became a ticket collector for the Indian Railways in Pune, which helped him buy his first rifle.[6]

Shooting career

[edit]

In 2015, he won gold in 50m rifle prone 3 in the junior category in 2015 Asian Shooting Championships in Kuwait.[7] In the same year, he also won the 59th National Shooting Championship held in Tughlakabad ahead of Gagan Narang and Chain Singh in 50m rifle prone event.[8] In 2017, he repeated the same performance in 61st National Championship in Thiruvananthapuram by winning a gold in 50m rifle 3 position.[9]

In October 2022, he earned an Olympic quota berth for India in the men's 50-metre rifle 3 position event with a fourth place finish at the 2022 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Cairo.[10] In May 2024, he was selected in the Indian Olympic team in the 50m rifle 3 positions event after the trials in Delhi and Bhopal.[11] Despite finishing 5th in the final trial, Kusale was selected in the team as the second shooter based on his scores in the first three trials.[11][12]

At the 2024 Olympics, Kusale became the first Indian to qualify for the final of the men's 50 metre rifle three positions event,[13] and won the bronze medal with a score of 451.4 in the final.[4]

Career outside shooting

[edit]

He joined joined Central Railway in 2015 as a Travelling Ticket Examiner. He was requesting for a promotion for years. Post his Bronze-medal winning achievement, he was given a double promotion and has been promoted to the post of Officer on Special Duty, Sports Cell in Mumbai.

Awards and nominations

[edit]
Year Award Category Result Ref.
2024 Indian Sports Honours Sportsman of the Year Nominated

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Swapnil KUSALE". ISSF. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b Mangale, Kalyani (19 July 2024). "Kusale primed for Olympic debut". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  3. ^ Iyer, Rahul (1 September 2024). "Swapnil Kusale: India's First Olympic Medalist in 50m Rifle Shooting". Leader Biography. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Swapnil Kusale earns third bronze medal for India in shooting". The Hindu. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  5. ^ "From rural obscurity to National champion: Meet Swapnil Kusale, India's 20-year old shooting prodigy". sportskeeda.com. 11 January 2016.
  6. ^ "Ticket collector from Pune, Swapnil Kusale wins India's third shooting bronze at Paris Olympics". The Indian Express. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  7. ^ Srinivasan, Kamesh (10 November 2015). "Kusale wins junior Asian shooting championship". The Hindu – via thehindu.com.
  8. ^ Srinivasan, Kamesh (6 December 2015). "Swapnil Kusale shoots to gold in 50-metre rifle event". Sportstar.
  9. ^ "Swapnil regains lost crown at National Shooting Championship". The Times of India. 25 December 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  10. ^ Sportstar, Team (24 October 2022). "Paris 2024: Full list of Olympics quota winners from India in shooting". Sportstar. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  11. ^ a b Scroll Staff (17 May 2024). "Shooting, Olympic Trials: Anjum Moudgil, Sift Samra, Aishwary Tomar, Swapnil Kusale book Paris berth". Scroll.in. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  12. ^ Srinivasan, Kamesh (17 May 2024). "Olympic Selection Trials: Aishwary Pratap tops men's rifle three-position, Manu Bhaker beats Esha Singh in air pistol event". Sportstar. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Swapnil Kusale makes 3-position final, hopes to undo debacle of last year's Asian Games". ESPN. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swapnil_Kusale&oldid=1260145040"