Shweta Chaudhary

{{Infobox sportsperson

|image = Shweta Chaudhary with medal.jpg

|caption = Chaudhary at the 2014 Asian Games

|birth_name = Shweta Chaudhary

|full_name = Shweta Singh

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1986|7|3}}

|birth_place = Faridabad, Haryana, India

|hometown = Mathura, Faridabad, India

|education = Bachelor of Arts

|alma_mater = {{unbulleted list

| Faridabad Model school{{cite web |title=बेटी को एशियाड में मिला मेडल तो घर में छाई खुशी की खुमारी, देखें जश्न की तस्वीरें |trans-title=Shweta Chaudhary Won Bronze Medal In Asiad Games, Faridabad Haryana |language=Hindi |url=http://www.bhaskar.com/news/HAR-FAR-shweta-chaudhary-won-bronze-medal-in-asiad-games-faridabad-haryana-4751638-PHO.html |website=bhaskar.com |date=21 September 2014}}

| Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Public School{{cn|date=February 2016}}

| Lady Shri Ram College for Women{{cn|date=February 2016}}

}}

|spouse = {{Marriage|Prashant Singh
|2013}}

|coach = {{unbulleted list

| Lim Jang Soo

| Ramesh Chaudhary

| Prashant Singh

}}

|country = {{IND}}

|height = 170 cm

|weight = 65 kg

|rank = 6 (1 April 2010)

|sport = Shooting

|years_active = 1998–present

|event = {{unbulleted list

| 10 metre air pistol

| 25 metre pistol

}}

|medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}

}}

Shweta Chaudhry (born 3 July 1986), also known as Shweta Singh, is an Indian sport shooter who competes in the 10 metre air pistol and 25 metre sports pistol events.{{cite web |title=Shweta Chaudhary |url=http://www.olympicgoldquest.in/shweta-chaudhry/ |website=Olympic Gold Quest |accessdate=20 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140922061159/http://www.olympicgoldquest.in/shweta-chaudhry/ |archivedate=22 September 2014}}{{cite news |title=Red tape woes: 4 Indian shooters offloaded from flight to Asian Games |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/asian-games-2014/story/4-indian-shooters-offloaded-from-flight-asian-games-shweta-chaudhary-293781-2014-09-22 |work=India Today |date=22 September 2014 |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206090604/https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/asian-games-2014/story/4-indian-shooters-offloaded-from-flight-asian-games-shweta-chaudhary-293781-2014-09-22 |archive-date=Feb 6, 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Tripathi |first1=Sudheendra |title=Asian Games bronze redemption for Shweta Chaudhary |date=Oct 7, 2014 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/Asian-Games-bronze-redemption-for-Shweta-Chaudhary/articleshow/44576434.cms |work=The Times of India |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206175027/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/asian-games-bronze-redemption-for-shweta-chaudhary/articleshow/44576434.cms |archive-date=Feb 6, 2023}}

File:Shweta Singh.jpg

In 2014, at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Chaudhary won the bronze medal in the women's air pistol event, having scored 176.4 points in the final, which was the first medal won by India in the games.{{cite web |title=Asian Games: Shooter Shweta Chaudhry Bags India's First Medal |url=http://sports.ndtv.com/asian-games-2014/news/230106-asian-games-shooter-shweta-chaudhry-bags-india-s-first-medal |website=NDTV.com |date=20 September 2014 |accessdate=20 September 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073758/http://sports.ndtv.com/asian-games-2014/news/230106-asian-games-shooter-shweta-chaudhry-bags-india-s-first-medal |archive-date=Mar 4, 2016}}{{cite news |title=17th Asian Games: Shooter Shweta Chaudhry wins bronze in 10m Air Pistol |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/17th-asian-games-shooter-shweta-chaudhry-wins-bronze-in-10m-air-pistol/articleshow/42965198.cms |work=The Economic Times |date=20 September 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112120634/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/17th-asian-games-shooter-shweta-chaudhry-wins-bronze-in-10m-air-pistol/articleshow/42965198.cms |archive-date=Jan 12, 2024}}

In 2009, at 2009 Asian Air Gun Championships in Doha, Chaudhary won a bronze medal in air pistol event having 381 points in the final.{{cite web |title=Indian women win bronze at Asian Air Gun Meet |agency=PTI |date=21 December 2009 |url=http://m.rediff.com/sports/report/indian-women-win-bronze-at-asian-air-gun-meet/20091221.htm |website=Rediff.com |access-date=21 December 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225115935/http://m.rediff.com/sports/report/indian-women-win-bronze-at-asian-air-gun-meet/20091221.htm |archive-date=Feb 25, 2016}}

==Career==

Chaudhary has been a practicing shooter since 1997 when she was in 5th standard. Within a year, she made it to the senior national team. In 2000, at the age of 14, she became the senior national champion with a record breaking results.{{cn|date=February 2016}} She played for Haryana state until she was supported by ONGC in 2006. Chaudhary, along with Sheila Kanungo, won a silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games held in Manchester.

Chaudhary's other notable achievements include winning a silver medal (team) at the 15th Asian Games in 2006. She also won an individual bronze medal at the Asian Games held at Incheon in 2014.{{cite news |title=Asian Games: Shooter Jitu Rai Bags Gold, Shweta Chaudhary Wins Bronze |date=20 September 2014 |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140920/sports-other-sports/article/asian-games-live-shooter-jitu-rai-bags-gold-shweta-chaudhary-wins |newspaper=Deccan Chronicle |access-date=23 February 2016}} She won an individual silver medal at the 8th Asian Airgun Shooting Championship in New Delhi, India in September 2015.

Chaudhary is six-time national champion in air pistol and has accumulated about 117 national and 43 international medals, including 3 gold medals at the SAF Games 2004 in Pakistan, 3 gold medals at the 8th Commonwealth Shooting championship at New Delhi in 2010, where she won an individual gold medal, an individual badge medal, and a and pair event with Pushpanjali Rana. She won 2 gold medals (individual and team) at the 12th SAF Games 2016 in Guwahati, India. She has been supported by Olympic Gold Quest.