Ashi Chouksey

Ashi Chouksey is an Indian sport shooter, who competes in rifle events.

Early life and education

Chouksey hails from Bhopal. She did her schooling at Carmel Convent, BHEL, Bhopal where she joined NCC in her Class 9. She learnt the basics of shooting at NCC. Later, she pursued a sports degree from the Guru Nanak Dev University. Her father Padam Kant Chouksey works in the Indian Railways. She started her formal training at the MP State Shooting Academy, Bhopal, under coaches Suma Shirur and Vaibhav Sharma.

Career

In 2022, Chouksey won a gold medal in the mixed team event at the ISSF World Cup in Baku. In the same year, she also won a bronze in the team event in the ISSF World Cup in Changwon.
In the National shooting selections trials in 2024, she shot a world record score in the women’s 50-metre rifle 3-position event at the Madhya Pradesh Academy on 28 February 2024. She broke the world record of 596, jointly held by Jenny Stene of Norway and Sagen Maddalena of the USA, by scoring 597.
She is now an aspirant for the 2024 Paris Olympics