India concluded its Asian Games 2026 campaign in Aichi-Nagoya with 85 medals, comprising 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze, making it the country’s second-best medal haul in Asian Games history. Only the 106-medal tally from Hangzhou 2023 remains ahead. Shooting was one of the key contributors to India’s success, with the country’s shooters collecting an impressive 15 medals across various events.
The shooting campaign also produced several historic achievements. Suruchi Singh and Kamaljeet secured India’s first-ever Asian Games gold in the 10m air pistol mixed team event, setting an Asian record in the process. Neeru Dhanda created history by becoming the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games shotgun gold after claiming the women’s trap title with another Asian record. She later teamed up with Kynan Chenai to win India’s maiden mixed team trap medal, adding another gold to her impressive campaign. Here is a complete breakdown of India’s shooting medal winners at the Asian Games 2026.
Asian Games 2026 Shooting: Full List of Indian Medal Winners
| No. | Athlete(s) | Event | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar, Vidarsa Vinod | Women’s 10m Air Rifle Team | Silver |
| 2 | Elavenil Valarivan | Women’s 10m Air Rifle | Silver |
| 3 | Rudrankksh Patil, Parth Mane, Himanshu Dhillon | Men’s 10m Air Rifle Team | Silver |
| 4 | Himanshu Dhillon | Men’s 10m Air Rifle | Silver |
| 5 | Rudrankksh Patil | Men’s 10m Air Rifle | Bronze |
| 6 | Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan | Women’s Skeet Team | Bronze |
| 7 | Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmad Khan | Men’s Skeet Team | Bronze |
| 8 | Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Parinaaz Dhaliwal | Mixed Skeet Team | Bronze |
| 9 | Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudranksh Patil, Niraj Kumar | Men’s 50m Rifle 3P Team | Silver |
| 10 | Kamaljeet, Suruchi Singh | Mixed Team 10m Air Pistol | Gold |
| 11 | Vidarsa Vinod, Ashi Chouksey, Tilottama Sen | Women’s 50m Rifle 3P Team | Silver |
| 12 | Esha Singh | Women’s 25m Pistol | Silver |
| 13 | Neeru Dhanda, Manisha Keer, Aashima Ahlawat | Women’s Trap Team | Silver |
| 14 | Neeru Dhanda | Women’s Trap | Gold |
| 15 | Kynan Chenai, Neeru Dhanda | Mixed Trap | Gold |
Asian Games 2026 Shooting: India Wins 15 Medals, Neeru Dhanda Leads Historic Campaign
India wrapped up its Asian Games 2026 shooting campaign with 15 medals, comprising three gold, eight silver and four bronze, across rifle, pistol and shotgun events. The 30-member contingent competed at the Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Gallery between September 20 and October 1. However, the tally fell short of India’s record performance at Hangzhou 2023, where shooters won 22 medals, including seven gold.
Neeru Dhanda was the standout performer for India, finishing the Games with two gold medals and a silver. After helping Manisha Keer and Aashima Ahlawat secure silver in the women’s trap team event, Neeru went on to win the individual title with 28 hits from 30 targets, setting an Asian record. Her victory also made her the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games gold in a shotgun event. She followed it up by teaming with Kynan Chenai to claim mixed team trap gold less than a day later, again setting an Asian record and becoming the first Indian shotgun shooter to win two titles at a single edition.
India’s other shooting gold came from Suruchi Singh and Kamaljeet, who topped the 10m air pistol mixed team event with an Asian-record score of 484.6 in the final. Elavenil Valarivan also made a strong contribution with two silver medals in the women’s 10m air rifle, while Rudrankksh Patil finished the Games with three medals, including an individual bronze and team silver in the 10m air rifle, followed by another silver in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions team event. Esha Singh narrowly missed out on gold in the women’s 25m pistol after losing a tense shoot-off to China’s Xiao Jiaruixuan, earning her second consecutive Asian Games silver in the event.
The campaign also included a few setbacks, most notably for Manu Bhaker, who went home without a medal despite entering the Games as one of India’s biggest shooting hopes. She finished fifth in the women’s 10m air pistol final and failed to reach the 25m pistol final, while India finished fourth and fifth in the respective team events. The country’s remaining four bronze medals came from skeet, with both the men’s and women’s teams making the podium before Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal added another bronze in the mixed team event. Rudrankksh’s individual 10m air rifle bronze completed India’s shooting medal tally.
