Sift Kaur Samra Biography
It is not everyday that you see a girl in her teenage years successfully on the path to becoming a doctor change her career prospects on the advice of her parents and bring laurels to the nation. Such a fascinating story is the story of India’s star shooter, Sift Kaur Samra, who will be representing the country in the Paris Olympics scheduled to take place later this year. In her young shooting career, Samra has seen a lot of success only due to her hard work and talent.
Early Life
This young shooting sensation comes from the small village of Faridkot, where she was studying MBBS at the Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital. Her father and mother both rely on agriculture as their source of bread and have rice shelling as their main business. Sift got into shooting only at the age of 19, when she went to pick up her brother from his shooting class with her father, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Incidentally, Sift Kaur Samra who won 🥇 with a new WR of 469.6 in the Women's 50m 3 position rifle event is in her first year of medicine. Wondering that make her the first Indian medical student to win a Asian Games gold? Heena Sidhu was BDS. Not sure if Vece Paes played Asiad. pic.twitter.com/p9eCsSzpDf
— jonathan selvaraj (@jon_selvaraj) September 27, 2023
Sift Kaur Samra’s shooting journey started in a phenomenal manner when she won a bronze medal on her debut at the ISSF World Cup in 50-meter rifle in three positions. This excellent start to her career continued as she then won a goal medal in the national games and five medals in total at the Junior World Cup.
Her career actually kicked off at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, where she won a gold medal in the 50m rifle three-position individual event by breaking the world record held by a British shooter by a margin of 2.6 points. In the same competition, she was also a part of the Indian contingent that won a silver medal in the 50m rifle three-position team category.
Apart from being a fantastic shooter, Sift is also studying a Bachelor of Physical Education and Sports from GNDU in Amritsar, Punjab.
Bio Data
Name: Sift Kaur Samra
Date of Birth: September 9, 2001
Age: 22 years
Birth Place: Faridkot, Punjab
Height: 165 cm (5’ 5’’)
Education: Bachelor of Physical Education and Sports
Social Media: @siftsamra_09 (Instagram)