Utkal Karate School provided another boost for shooting in Orissa by felicitating the state`s non-resident international girl shooter Shriyanka Sadangi at the school premises in Bhubaneswar today. Born in Sambalpur and brought up in Delhi, Shriyanka has emerged as yet another international medal prospect for India and her adopted state Haryana.
‘‘I have been selected to represent the country in the 10 metre air rifle event of the World Junior Shooting Championship to be held at Munich, Germany from July 28. I am now ranked second or third in the country in junior category and fifth in senior group. I am working hard and hoping to win a medal in the Munich championship,’’ said 15-year-old shooter after being felicitated by Utkal Karate School.
An 11th standard commerce student of Loreto Convent School, Delhi, Shriyanka has so far garnered two silver and two bronze medals in Junior National and School National championships. She came to limelight by winning a bronze in the team event of the 2007 Junior National Championship at Ahmedabad.
Next year, petite Shriyanka claimed a bronze in the School Nationals and a silver in Junior Nationals in Kerala. Last year, she secured the individual silver in the Junior Nationals at Jalandhar, scoring 394 out of possible 400.