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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian sport shooter (born 1994)}}<br />
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{{Infobox sportsperson<br />
|name=Elizabeth Koshy<br />
|image= Elizabeth Koshy at the 12th South Asian Games in 2016.jpg<br />
|caption= Elizabeth Koshy at the 12th South Asian Games in 2016<br />
|full_name= Elizabeth Susan Koshy<br />
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1994|05|10}}<br />
|birth_place=[[Kochi]], [[Kerala]], India<br />
|nationality= [[Indian people|Indian]]<br />
|ethnicity=<br />
|country={{IND}} <br />
|other_names= <br />
|education= <br />
|alma_mater=<br />
|sport= [[Sport shooting|Shooting]]<br />
|height= {{convert|1.61|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="profile">{{Cite web |url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/shooting/1015609/1015609.html |title=Glasgow 2014 - Elizabeth Susan Koshy Profile |website=g2014results.thecgf.com |access-date=2019-04-26 |archive-date=4 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204065259/http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/shooting/1015609/1015609.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
|weight= {{convert|54|kg|lb|abbr=on}}<br />
|medaltemplates= <br />
{{MedalSport|Women's [[Shooting sports|shooting]]}}<br />
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Shooting Championships|Asian Championships]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2015 Asian Shooting Championships|2015 Kuwait City]]|{{nowrap|50 m rifle 3 positions team}}}}<br />
{{Medal|Comp|[[South Asian Games]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Silver|[[Shooting at the 2016 South Asian Games|2016 Guwahati]]|10 m air rifle}}<br />
{{Medal|Gold|[[Shooting at the 2016 South Asian Games|2016 Guwahati]]|10 m air rifle team}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Elizabeth Susan Koshy''', (born May 10, 1994)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sportingindia.com/content/elizabeth-susan-koshy|title=Elizabeth Susan Koshy {{!}} SportingIndia|website=sportingindia.com|access-date=28 January 2017|archive-date=12 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112040336/http://sportingindia.com/content/elizabeth-susan-koshy|url-status=dead}}</ref> is an Indian [[shooting sports|shooter]] from [[Kerala]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
Koshy made her international debut at the Junior meet in Germany in 2011 in which the Indian team was in sixth place. Koshy won five gold medals in [[Thiruvananthapuram]] at the State championship in the same year.<ref name=THRayan/> She won silver in the [[Asian Shooting Championships]] and represented India in the 2013 and 2014 World Cups. Koshy took part in the [[Glasgow Commonwealth Games|2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games]]. Koshy won gold in the 2015 [[Indian National Games|National Games]] women's 50m Rifle Prone event, the first for Kerala.<ref name=TNIESandip>{{cite news|last1=G|first1=Sandip|title=TN, Kerala Spread Shooting Wings|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/TN-Kerala-Spread-Shooting-Wings/2015/02/04/article2651740.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419083007/http://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/TN-Kerala-Spread-Shooting-Wings/2015/02/04/article2651740.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 April 2015|accessdate=9 April 2015|work=The New Indian Express|date=4 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=TOI>{{cite news|title=Koshy gifts Kerala first shooting medal in National Games history|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/Koshy-gifts-Kerala-first-shooting-medal-in-National-Games-history/articleshow/46111565.cms|accessdate=9 April 2015|work=The Times of India|date=3 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=MP>{{cite news|title=Elizabeth Koshy gifts Kerala first shooting medal in games history|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/NewsContent.aspx?NID=94169|accessdate=9 April 2015|work=Millenniumpost|date=4 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416141352/http://www.millenniumpost.in/NewsContent.aspx?NID=94169|archive-date=16 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was coached by [[Haryana]]-based Satguru Dass from the navy. From [[Kochi]], she was inspired to take up the sport on seeing a pre-National shooting championship during her childhood; she said that her grandfather was a hunter. She has taken part in prone, [[three positions|three-position]] and [[air rifle]] events but prefers three-position.<ref name=THRayan>{{cite news|last1=Rayan|first1=Stan|title=Elizabeth Koshy sets sights on 2016 Rio Olympics|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/elizabeth-koshy-sets-sights-on-2016-rio-olympics/article2108665.ece|accessdate=9 April 2015|work=The Hindu|date=16 June 2011}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1994 births]]<br />
[[Category:Indian female sport shooters]]<br />
[[Category:Sport shooters from Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Shooters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games]]<br />
[[Category:Commonwealth Games shooters for India]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from Kochi]]<br />
[[Category:Sportswomen from Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]<br />
[[Category:South Asian Games gold medalists for India]]<br />
[[Category:South Asian Games silver medalists for India]]<br />
[[Category:South Asian Games medalists in shooting]]<br />
[[Category:St. Teresa's College alumni]]<br />
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