Samaresh Jung

The Air Pistol specialist, Samaresh is one of the finest shooter ever to whom India is proud. He was born on May 5, 1970, in the beautiful state of Himachal Pradesh.  He is also a good chess player and is currently employed with the CISF.

Some of his best achievements with pistol:-

• Won a total of 8 medals at Commonwealth Games of 2006
• Started off with a Silver medal along with Singh in men's 50m pistol and won five gold medals in Men's 50m Pistol, Men’s 10m Air pistol, Men's 25 m center fire pistol, 10m Air pairs, 25m Standard Pistol pairs and 25m Center Fire Pistol regimens
• Awarded the David Dixon "Best Athlete of the 18th Commonwealth Games" award
• Volunteers at the event called him the "Gold finger"
• At the fifth Commonwealth Shooting Championship of 2005, he earned 2 Gold, 2 Silver and 1 Bronze
• He even secured Gold in the 10m Air Pistol event at the Indian National Games held in 2005
• Achieved a silver medal in the SAF (South Asian Federation) Games held in 2004
• At the Commonwealth Games of 2002, he secured two gold medals with Jaspal Rana in the events Men’s free pistol pairs and Open Standard pistol pairs. Besides this, he has also won three Silver Medals among which two are from the individual events and one is along with Rana in the Free pistol pairs.  
• Received "Arjuna award" by the Government of India in 2002
• Received the honor to bear the Queen's Baton in the Opening ceremony, run at the Commonwealth Games held at Delhi, India in the year 2010