Yuvika Tomar


Yuvika Tomar is an Indian sport shooter. She won the gold medal in the 2022 National Games of India in the 10 meter air pistol, making her the first female shooter representing Uttar Pradesh to win a gold medal at the national games.

Early life

Tomar was born in Arifpur Kheri, a village in Bagpat district of western Uttar Pradesh. She comes from a family of farmers in the sugarcane belt of Yamuna–Gangetic plains of North India. Her father, Sh. Kiranpal Tomar, was paralyzed as she started her shooting carrier.
In 2017, at the Aryan Gateways Sports Foundation, she chose Amit Sheoran as her coach. She wants to maintain the legacy of the foundation’s Olympic shooters Deepender Singh and Arjun awardee Saurabh Chaudhary.

Notable performances