Swapnil Kusale

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Swapnil Kusale
OLY
File:Swapnil Kusale in August 2024 with his Paris Olympics bronze medal.jpg
Kusale in 2024
Personal information
NationalityFile:Flag of India.svg Indian
Born (1995-08-06) 6 August 1995 (age 30)[1]
Kambalwadi, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India[2]
Years active2012–present
EmployerIndian Railways
Sport
SportShooting
Event
50 meter rifle three positions
Coached byDeepali Deshpande
Achievements and titles
Olympic finalsBronze x1
World finalsGold x2 Silver x2 Bronze x1
Regional finalsGold x2 Silver x1
Personal bests591 AGR (2023)
Medal record
Men's shooting File:Shooting pictogram.svg
Representing File:Flag of India.svg India
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 1
World Championships 0 0 1
World Cup 2 2 0
Asian Games 1 0 0
Asian Championships 1 1 0
Commonwealth Championships 0 0 1
Total 4 3 3
Olympic Games
File:Olympic rings.svg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris 50 m rifle 3 positions
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Cairo 50 m rifle 3 positions team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2021 New Delhi 50 m rifle 3 positions team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Baku 50 m rifle 3 positions mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Baku 50 m rifle 3 positions team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Baku 50 m rifle 3 positions
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou 50 m rifle 3 positions team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Jakarta 50 m rifle 3 positions team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Changwon 50 m rifle 3 positions team
Commonwealth Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Brisbane 50 m rifle prone

Swapnil Kusale (born 6 August 1995)[3] is an Indian sport shooter. He won the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the men's 50 metre rifle three positions event.[4]

Early life

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Kusale was born on 6 August 1995, in Kambalwadi village in Kolhapur district.[2] In 2009, his father enrolled him into Maharashtra government's Krida Prabhodini sports programme. After one year of intense physical training, Kusale had to choose one sport and ended up choosing shooting.[5] In 2015, he became a ticket collector for the Indian Railways in Pune, which helped him buy his first rifle.[6]

Shooting career

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In 2015, he won gold in 50m rifle prone 3 in the junior category in 2015 Asian Shooting Championships in Kuwait.[7] In the same year, he also won the 59th National Shooting Championship held in Tughlakabad ahead of Gagan Narang and Chain Singh in 50m rifle prone event.[8] In 2017, he repeated the same performance in 61st National Championship in Thiruvananthapuram by winning a gold in 50m rifle 3 position.[9]

In October 2022, he earned an Olympic quota berth for India in the men's 50-metre rifle 3 position event with a fourth place finish at the 2022 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Cairo.[10] In May 2024, he was selected in the Indian Olympic team in the 50m rifle 3 positions event after the trials in Delhi and Bhopal.[11] Despite finishing 5th in the final trial, Kusale was selected in the team as the second shooter based on his scores in the first three trials.[11][12]

At the 2024 Olympics, Kusale became the first Indian to qualify for the final of the men's 50 metre rifle three positions event,[13] and won the bronze medal with a score of 451.4 in the final.[4]

Career outside shooting

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He joined Central Railway in 2015 as a Travelling Ticket Examiner. He was requesting for a promotion for years. Post his Bronze-medal winning achievement, he was given a double promotion and has been promoted to the post of Officer on Special Duty, Sports Cell in Mumbai.

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Result Ref.
2024 Indian Sports Honours Sportsman of the Year Nominated
2025 Times of India Sports Awards Shooter of the Year Male Won [14]

References

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