Samaresh Jung

Samaresh Jung
Personal information
Born (1970-05-19) 19 May 1970 (age 54)
Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh, India
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight98 kg (216 lb)
Sport
CountryIndia
SportShooting
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  India
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Manchester free pistol team
Gold medal – first place 2002 Manchester standard pistol team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Melbourne 10 m air pistol
Gold medal – first place 2006 Melbourne 10 m air pistol team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Melbourne 25 m centre-fire pistol team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Melbourne 25 m Standard pistol team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Melbourne 50 m pistol
Silver medal – second place 2002 Manchester air pistol
Silver medal – second place 2002 Manchester free pistol
Silver medal – second place 2002 Manchester air pistol team
Silver medal – second place 2006 Melbourne 50 m pistol team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Delhi 25 m standard pistol team
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Melbourne 25 m centre fire pistol
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Delhi 25 m standard pistol
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon 10 m air pistol team
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Kuwait City 25 m center fire pistol team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Kuwait City 25 m center fire pistol team

Samaresh Jung (born 19 May 1970) is an Indian sport shooter. He is an air pistol specialist. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in 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 contested in the 10 m air pistol and 50 m pistol events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but failed to reach the finals in both events.

He received the Arjuna award in 2002. He is employed with the CISF and lives in New Delhi.

On 3 October 2010, he had the honour of bearing the Queen's Baton in its Opening Ceremony run in the stadium for the 2010 Commonwealth Games of Delhi.[1][2]

  1. ^ CBC, 2010 Commonwealth Games, Opening Ceremonies, airdate 3 October 2010, 9:00am-12:30pm (Eastern), circa 2h20m mark, CBC Television main network
  2. ^ Geetika Rustagi (3 October 2010). "CWG Opening ceremony: Live Blog". Archived from the original on 4 October 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2010.