India tops the 4th ISSF Junior World Championships 2024 Medal Tally
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India finished at the top of the medal tally at the 4th ISSF Junior World Championships 2024 with 24 medals -13 golds, three silvers, and eight bronzes. Italy, with 13 medals-five gold, four silver and five bronze, came second, while Norway came third with 10 medals-four gold, three silver and three bronze.
The 2024 ISSF Junior World Championships, organised by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) and hosted by Peru, was held in Lima, the capital of Peru, from 26 September to 7 October 2024.
Five hundred fifty-three shooters from 53 countries participated in the 2024 ISSF Junior World Championship, with India sending the largest contingent, 61 shooters.
Medal winner for India
The Indian medal account at the 2024 ISSF Junior World Championship was opened by Kanak, who won the bronze medal in the women’s 10m air pistol individual event.
Mane Parth Prakash won India's first individual gold medal in the Championships. He won the gold medal in the men’s 10m Air Rifle event.
Mukesh Nelavalli won six medals at the Championships: one individual gold, three golds in team events, and two individual bronze medals.
The Indian shooter won 15 medals in the individual event: 5 gold,3 silver, and 5 bronze. In the team event, they won 11 medals: 8 gold and 3 bronze.
Following is the list of the medal winners and the events in which they competed.
|
Serial Number |
Shooter Name |
Event Name |
Medal |
|
1 |
Parth Rakesh Mane |
10m Air Rifle Men |
Gold |
|
2 |
Mukesh Nelavalli |
25m Pistol Men |
Gold |
|
3 |
Divanshi |
25m Pistol Women |
Gold |
|
4 |
Suraj Sharma |
25m Standard Men |
Gold |
|
5 |
Divanshi |
25m Standard Women |
Gold |
|
6 |
Ajay Malik, Parth Rakesh Mane, Abhinav Shaw |
10m Air Rifle Men Team |
Gold |
|
7 |
Shourya Saini, Vedant Nitin Waghmare, Parikshit Singh Brar |
50m Rifle 3 Position Men Team |
Gold |
|
8 |
Umesh Choudhary, Mukesh Nellavalli, Parmod |
10m Air Pistol Men Team |
Gold |
|
9 |
Raajwardan Paatil, Mukesh Nellavali, Harsimar Singh Rattha |
25m RFP Men Team |
Gold |
|
10 |
Mukesh Nellavalli, Suraj Sharma, Pradhyumn Singh |
25m Pistol Men team |
Gold |
|
11 |
Gautami Bhanot, Shambhavi Shravan Kshirsagar, Anushka Thokur |
10m Air Rifle Women Junior, team |
Gold |
|
12 |
Kanishka Dagar, Lakshita, Anjali Chaudhary |
10m Air Pistol Women, team |
Gold |
|
13 |
Divanshi, Tejaswani, Vibhuti Bhatia |
25m Pistol Women's Team |
Gold |
|
14 |
Suraj Sharma |
25m Pistol Men |
Silver |
|
15 |
Parisha Gupta |
25m Standard Pistol Women |
Silver |
|
16 |
Parisha Gupta |
50m Pistol Women Junior |
Silver |
|
17 |
Mukesh Nelavalli |
25m Standard Men Pistol |
Bronze |
|
18 |
Mukesh Nelavalli |
50m Pistol Men |
Bronze |
|
19 |
Khushi |
50m Rifle 3 Position Women |
Bronze |
|
20 |
Kanak |
10m Air Pistol Women |
Bronze |
|
21 |
Gautami Bhanot, Ajay Malik |
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team |
Bronze |
|
22 |
Manvi Jain |
25m Standard Women |
Bronze |
|
23 |
Lakshita, Pramod |
10m Air Pistol Mixed Team |
Bronze |
|
24 |
Sabeera Haris, Shardul Vihan |
Trap Mixed Team |
Bronze |
About the ISSF Junior World Championships
The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) organised the first Junior World Championships in 2017 at two places. Suhi, Germany, hosted the Rifle and Pistol event, while in the same year, Moscow, Russia hosted the Shotgun event.
The second Junior World Championship was held at Lima, where all three -Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun events were held in 2021.
The third junior World Championship was held at Changwon, South Korea in 2023
Headquarters of the ISSF: Munich, Germany.
