FULL NAME: Shriyanka Sadangi
NICK NAME: Sakhi
GENDER: Female
BORN: 10th January, 1995
FAMILY: Col Sitanshu Charan Sadangi (Father), Sudha Sadangi (Mother) Snehanshu Sadangi (Younger brother).
HOME ADDRESS: Modipara, Sambalpur, Odisha, India
PRESENT ADDRESS: Delhi Cantonment, Delhi, India.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: Graduated from St Stephens College, New Delhi in 2015. Did her Masters degree at Delhi University. Earlier studied at Army Public School and Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj. Pursued PHD at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar.
TWITTER HANDLE: @Shriyanka_India
PROFESSION: Employee of Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC).
TYPE OF SHOOTER: 10m air rifle and 50m rifle 3 position.
TOTAL INTERNATIONAL MEDALS: Total 34 (8 Gold, 16 Silver, 10 Bronze) as on 27 October 2023
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:
STATE:
* Her first medal came at the Delhi Open Shooting Championship in 2006 when she claimed a bronze.
* Bagged a gold each in junior and senior categories of the Haryana State Rifle Championship at New Delhi in August, 2011.
NATIONAL:
* Won the Silver medal in women 50m rifle prone event with personal best score of 624.7 in the 66th National Shooting Championship at Dr Karni Singh Shooting range, New Delhi on 26 November 2023.
* Won the title in women 10m air-rifle at the National Selection Trial-6 at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi on 28 June 2023.
* Secured 3rd position in women 50m rifle-3 position at the National Selection Trial-5 at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi on 25 June 2023.
* Became only the second woman to win the Gold medal in the gender-neutral 13th Lakshya Cup Air Rifle Shooting Competition at the Karnala Sports Academy range in Panvel, Maharashtra on 25 December 2022.
* Won the Bronze medal in women 50m Rifle-3 Position event of the 65th National Shooting Championship at Vattiyoorkkavu Shooting Range in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on 23 November 2022.
* Won the Silver medal in womens 50m rifle 3 position the in 36th National Games at Crowne Shooting Academy in Ahmedabad on 3 October 2022.
* Created history when she became the first markswoman from Odisha to win a National Gold medal, achieving the feat in women 50m Rifle 3 Position of the 64th National Shooting Championship at MP Shooting Academy in Bhopal (MP) on 6 December 2021.
* Won Gold medal for KIIT University in 10m air rifle event of the All India Inter University Shooting Championship, held at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range in Delhi on 15 Nov, 2019.
* Won the Bronze medal in senior women 10m air rifle event of the 12th Sajjan Singh Sethi Memorial Masters Shooting Competition at Dr Karni Singh Range in New Delhi on 29 July, 2019.
* Won the Silver medal in women 10 meter air rifle event of the XVI Kumar Surendra Singh Memorial Shooting Championship at Trivandrum on Feb 23, 2016.
* Bagged one Gold and one Silver medal in women’s 10 metre air rifle event of the All-India Inter-University Shooting Championship that concluded at Chandigarh on February 15, 2014.
* Won one Gold and one Silver at the KSS Memorial Shooting Championship at New Delhi in Feb, 2012.
* Won the Bronze medal in the Masters’ Meet Shooting Championship at Pune in Aug, 2012.
* Bagged one Gold and one Silver medal in the Gun For Glory Shooting Championship at Pune in Sept. 2012.
* Claimed three Silver medals in the 55th National Shooting Championship 2011 at Pune in Nov, 2011.
* Bagged one Gold each in junior and senior categories of the North Zone Shooting Championship at Delhi in November, 2011.
* Bagged two Silver and one Bronze medals in the 55th National Shooting Championship at Pune in November, 2011.
* Finished third in the Champion of Champions Shooting Competition at Pune in November, 2011.
* Secured the individual Silver medal in the Junior Nationals Championship at Jalandhar in 2009.
* Claimed the Bronze in the School Nationals and a silver in Junior Nationals in Kerala, 2008.
* Won one Gold and one Silver in women`s 10m air rifle event of the 12th Kumar Surendra Singh Memorial Shooting Championship at New Delhi (Feb 11 to 17).
* Won the Bronze medal in the team event of the 2007 Junior National Championship at Ahmedabad.
INTERNATIONAL:
* Won the Silver medal in womens 50m rifle 3 position (3P) individual event at the Grand Prix shooting competition in Poland on 14 March 2024. *Not varified.
* Achieved triple success by winning one Gold, one Bronze medal and securing a quota place for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games at the 15th Asian Shooting Championship in Changwon, South Korea between 27-31 October 2023.
* Put up creditable performance in the ISSF World Cup, scoring 582 in women 50m 3P Rifle event in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh on 26 March 2023.
* Won one Bronze medal in the 50m rifle-3 positions mixed team event with Akhil Sheoran at the ISSF World Cup in Cairo, Egypt on 6th March 2022.
* Won the team Gold and individual Silver medal in 10m air rifle event of the 13th South Asian Games in Kathmandu on 3 Dec, 2019.
* Won the Gold medal with mentor Gagan Narang in 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event of the International Shooting Competition of Hannover, Germany on 8th May, 2019.
* Won Silver medal with her mentor Gagan Narang in mixed rifle event of the 50th Grand Prix of Liberation International Shooting Competition in Plzen, Czech Republic on 5 May, 2019.
* Won the Gold medal in 10m air-rifle mixed team event of the H N Cup International Shooting Competition, held at Munich, Germany, January 23-27, 2019.
* Won the team Gold and individual Silver in womens 10m air rifle event of the International Shooting Competitions of Hannover (ISCH), Germany on May 11, 2018.
* Bagged one team Gold and two individual Silver medals in the Inter Shoot 2017 Shooting Championship held at The Hague in Netherlands from Feb 1 to 4, 2017.
* Won one Silver medal in the 10m air fifle women team event of the 9th Asian Airgun Championship, held at Tehran, Iran from Dec 3 to 9, 2016.
* Won two Silver and one Bronze medals in 10 metre women air rifle event of the Intershoot 2016 international shooting championship, held at the Hague, Netherlands from Feb 5 to 7, 2016.
* Won one Silver medal in 10m air rifle junior women team event of the 13th Asian Shooting Championship at Kuwait City in Kuwait on Nov 2, 2015.
* Won one Bronze medal in the junior women 10m air-rifle event of the 8th Asian Air-gun Shooting Championship at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi on Sept 28, 2015.
* Selected for the 51st ISSF World Shooting Championship, scheduled to be held at Granada in Spain from September 7 to 20, 2014.
* Finished third in the Super Cup Shooting competition held at Suhl, Germany on May 26, 2014.
* Won one Bronze medal in the 10m air rifle junior women team event of the 7th Asian Airgun Shooting Championship at Kuwait on March 11, 2014.
* Won one Bronze medal in junior women’s 10-metre air-rifle team event of the 6th Asian Air-gun Shooting Championship at Tehran, Iran on October 24, 2013.
* Won one Silver medal in 10m air rifle team event at the Meeting of Shooting Hopes, Plzen, Czech Republic in June 2013.
* Helped India win one Gold medal in the women`s 10m air-rifle team event of the Junior International Shooting Championship at Suhl in Germany on June 7, 2013.
* Won one Silver medal in the women’s 10m air rifle team event of the 5th Asian Air Gun Shooting Championship at Nanchang in China on Dec 14, 2012.
* Bagged one Gold in women`s individual 10m air rifle event and a Silver in the team event of the Junior International Shooting Championship at Suhl, Germany on June 15, 2012.
* Bagged a Bronze with a score of 398/400 in the team event of the 22nd Meeting of Shooting Hopes at Plzen, Czech Republic on June 8, 2012.
* Represented India in the ISSF World Cup-II at Milal (Italy) and World Cup-III at Munich (Germany) in May, 2012.
* Won two Silver medals (individual and team) in 10m air rifle event of the Arab Women Shooting Championship at Sharjah on Feb 8 and 9, 2012.
* Won a Silver medal in the 10m air rifle junior women team category of the 12th Asian Shooting Championship at Doha on January 14, 2012.
* Won a Gold medal in 10m air rifle junior women team event of the 4th Asian Airgun Shooting Championship at Kuwait in October, 2011.
* Represented India in the 50th ISSF World Shooting Championship at Munich, Germany in 2010.
OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
* On 14 November 2023, Odihsa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik felicitated her with a cash award of Rs 10.5 lakhs for winning one gold and one bronze medals at the 15th Asian Shooting Championship in South Korea.
* Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik honoured her with the Biju Patnaik Award 2021 for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games and a cheque of Rs 2 lakh in Bhubaneswar on 29 August 2022.
* Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik felicitated Shriyanka for winning one bronze medalat the ISSF World Cup shooting competition in Cairo and presented her with cash award of Rs 2 lakh at his residence in Bhubaneswar on 26 March 2022.
* In July, 2018, she obtained admission into KIIT University, Bhubaneswar to study Master in Business Administration (MBA).
* Received the 21st Ekalabya Award for the year 2013 and a cheque of Rs 2 lakhs at Bhubaneswar on December 29, 2013.
* The Press Club of Odisha honoured her with the Sports Woman of the Year Award and a cheque of Rs 25,000 in Bhubaneswar on October 27, 2013.
* Orissa Rifle Association and Good Samaritan Trust felicitated her with cash awards of Rs 11,000 and Rs 25,000 respectively at Bhubaneswar on July 14, 2012.
* Currently training at the Khel Ratna Awardee Gagan Narang`s shooting academy Gun for Glory at Pune, under the guidance of Russian coach Iurii Mikhalkin.
* National Rifle Association of India selected Shriyanka in the senior National squad for the year 2012.
* She was brought up in Delhi.
* In the year 2010, she was ranked second or third in the country in junior category and fifth in senior group.
* Being the daughter of an Army officer, Shriyanka developed interest for shooting naturally.
* The talent in Shriyanka was spotted by Army, under the scheme ‘Mission Olympics: Catch them Young’ in 2006.
* Subedar Krishan Singh and Subedar Pratap Patil taught her the basics of shooting.
* She regards Olympic silver medallist Rajya Vardhan Singh Rathore as her idol.
PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 28 June 2010
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 16 March 2024