Arjun Babuta
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 January 1999 |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Shooting |
Event | 10 m air rifle |
| Coached by | Deepali Deshpande[1] |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Highest world ranking | 3 |
Medal record | |
Arjun Babuta (born 24 January 1999) is an Indian sport shooter who competes in the 10 m air rifle event. Babuta competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where he narrowly missed the podium with a fourth-place finish in the men's 10 m air rifle event.[2]
Early and personal life
[edit]Babuta was born on 24 January 1999 in Jalalabad, Punjab, India.[3] He is the son of Neeraj Babuta and renowned Punjabi author-poet Deepti Babuta.[4] He later moved to Chandigarh where he began his career in shooting. He obtained his undergraduate degree from DAV College, Chandigarh, and has a mass communication and journalism degree from Lovely Professional University.[5][6]
Babuta raised the issue of not receiving support from the Punjab State Government even though he was allegedly promised a government job in 2022.[7]
Career
[edit]Babuta won one gold medal and one bronze medal in the 10 m air rifle event at 2016 Junior World Cup in Gabala.[8] In 2017, he won silver at the 10th Asian Airgun Championship, Wako City in Japan.[9]
He also won the silver in the 27th Meeting of Shooting Hopes 2017 international junior competition, Plzen, Czech Republic.[10] He won one bronze in 2018 Junior World Cup in Sydney.[11]
A career-threatening back problem kept him out of action from 2018 to 2020. He won gold medals at the 2022 World Cup in Changwon in 10 m air rifle, both in the individual and team events.[5]
At the 2023 Asian Shooting Championships, Babuta won silver in the 10 m air rifle event, earning India a quota place to the 2024 Paris Olympics. He also won gold in the team event with Divyansh Singh Panwar and Hriday Hazarika.[12]
At the 2024 Pairs Olympics, the pair of Babuta and Ramita Jindal finished 6th among 28 teams in the qualifying round of the 10 m air rifle mixed team event, failing to progress to the medal rounds.[13] Babuta made it to the final of men's 10 m air rifle after placing seventh in qualification.[14] He finished fourth in the closely-contested final.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ "ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ "Arjun Babuta's heartbreaking 4th place finish at Paris Olympics". indianshooting.com. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ "Arjun Babuta finishes fourth in Paris Olympics 2024 in Men's 10 meter air rifle: All about his family, education, journey". The Times of India. 29 January 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
- ^ "Mohali-based Deepti Babuta becomes first woman to bag Dhahan Prize for Punjabi literature". Hindustan Times. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ a b Dey, Santadeep (21 July 2022). "Once unable to stand for long with troubled back, Arjun Babuta outguns Olympic silver medallist". Sportstar. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Silver for Arjun in international meet". Tribune India. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Shooter Arjun Babuta slams Punjab government for lack of support: 'Have not received any benefit'". Firstpost. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Chandigarh shooter Arjun Babuta shoots bronze at Junior World Cup". Indian Express. 21 September 2016.
- ^ "Arjun Babuta claims silver in 10m air rifle at Asian Airgun Championship". Hindustan Times. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ "Meeting of Shooting Hopes: Arjun Babuta and Anmol Jain fire silver". Sportstarlive. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- ^ "Arjun Babuta shoots his way to bronze at Junior world cup". Indian Express. 23 March 2018.
- ^ "Asian Championships: Arjun Babuta's silver and Tilottama Sen's silver secure Olympic quota in the 10m air rifle events". The Times of India. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Paris Olympics: Indian shooters miss out on medal rounds in 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event". The Times of India. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Paris Olympics 2024: PV Sindhu opens campaign with dominant win; Arjun Babuta through to men's 10m air rifle final". DNA india.
- ^ "Paris Olympics 2024: Arjun Babuta misses medal in 10m air rifle men's final, finishes fourth". The Indian Express. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- Arjun Babuta at ISSF
- Living people
- 1999 births
- Indian male sport shooters
- 21st-century Indian sportsmen
- ISSF rifle shooters
- Sport shooters from Punjab, India
- Shooters at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic shooters for India
- Medalists at the 2021 Summer Universiade
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for India
- Summer World University Games medalists in shooting