Pawan Singh becomes first Indian ISSF jury member to get selected for Olympics

Starting his career as an official in international meets during the ISSF World Cup in Delhi in 2017, Pawan Singh will become the first Indian to officiate a shooting event at the Olympics next year. After his works were noticed by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), he was appointed as a jury member in some of the prestigious events of the federation. The 40-year-old official will be a part of the Result, Timing and Score (RTS) jury member team at the 2020 Games in Japan.

Pawan, who is also the joint secretary of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), earlier had failed to make it to the Olympics both as an athlete and as a coach. He had taken up coaching in 2005 and was appointed the assistant coach of the Indian team in 2007. However, retiring just before the London Olympics in 2012 barred him from travelling to the Olympics as a coach.

"But I retired as coach before the 2012 Games as at that time, I had this strong urge to take the sport to the grassroots. I then sifted to officiating and became jury and completed ISSF courses. This was my third innings. I am glad that finally I have got a chance to officially join the worlds' best at the biggest sporting event," Pawan concluded.