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{{short description|Indian sport shooter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Joydeep Karmakar
| honorific_suffix = [[OLY]]
| image = Joydeep Karmakar.jpg
| nationality = {{IND}}n
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1979|12|07}}
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| years_active = 1994–present
| height = {{convert|177|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|73|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| spouse = Radhika Karmakar
| website = [https://www.jksa.in/ jksa.in]
| country = {{IND}}
| club = North Calcutta Rifle Club
| coaching = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mehuli Ghosh]]<br/>{{flagicon|IND}} Adriyan Karmakar
| olympics = '''[[Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone|2012 Summer Olympics]]''': 4
| highestranking = 4
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|[[Shooting sports|Men's Shooting ]]}}[[File: Shooting pictogram.svg|30px]]
{{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[ISSF World Cup|World Cup]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2010 Sydney|50 meter rifle prone}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Shooting Championships|Commonwealth Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2010 Commonwealth Shooting Championships|2010 New Delhi]]|50 meter rifle prone pairs}}
}}
'''Joydeep Karmakar''' ({{langx|bn|জয়দীপ কর্মকার}}; born 7 September 1979) is an Indian [[shooting sports|sports shooter]] from [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]].<ref>Profile at ISSF [http://www.issf-sports.org/shooters/shooter.ashx?personissfid=SHINDM0712197901 Profile of Joydeep Karmakar at ISSF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801144724/http://www.issf-sports.org/shooters/shooter.ashx?personissfid=SHINDM0712197901 |date=1 August 2012 }}</ref> Starting his sports career in 1989, he represented India in rifle prone events in various championships. He became a Junior National Champion in his first Nationals in 1994. He has represented India in 28 World Cups, 2 Commonwealth Games, 1 Asian Games and 3 World Championships. Karmakar competed at the [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Olympics]], where he narrowly missed the podium with a fourth-place finish in the [[Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone|men's 50 metre rifle prone event]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-08-03 |title=Joydeep Karmakar finishes fourth in 50m rifle prone at London Olympics |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/joydeep-karmakar-finishes-fourth-in-50m-rifle-prone-at-london-olympics/articleshow/15339932.cms |access-date=2025-07-04 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

== Career ==
On 3 August 2012, Joydeep qualified for the Olympic Finals of [[ISSF 50 meter rifle prone|Men's 50 metre Rifle Prone]] event After six rounds, Joydeep was at joint fourth with eight other shooters. However, there was a shoot off between the nine tied shooters, in which Joydeep scored 51.6 and finished fourth in the shoot off, thereby qualifying for the final round as he finished 7th overall. In the final he scored 104.1 and with a total of 699.1 he finished fourth, behind the bronze medal winner, [[Rajmond Debevec]] of [[Slovenia]].

Earlier in 2010 he had participated in ISSF World Cup, Sydney and won a silver medal with an Asian Record score of 599/600. He is still the only silver medalist in World Cup in Prone event from India.
His National Record Scores of 594/600, 595, 598 & 599 from 2005 to 2010 was unique as Joydeep only bettered his own record. Apart from more than 70 National Medals, he also won Individual Australian Open Cup, Commonwealth Championships Gold and South Asian double Gold.

In domestic competitions he held the Kumar Surendra Singh record of 597/600 in Prone. He participated in International tournaments till 2015, including [[2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games]] and [[2014 Asian Games|2014 Incheon Asian Games]] and ISSF World Championships in Granada, Spain.

In late 2015 he set up a shooting academy in Kolkata named [[Joydeep Karmakar Shooting Academy|JKSA (Joydeep Karmakar Shooting Academy)]] which include more than 700 shooters. and above 100 champions. at [[New Town, Kolkata]]. Later in 2018, he opened the other two branches of JKSA at [[Ballygunge]] and [[Bally, Howrah|Bally]], which is named as Shooting Sports Club Howrah, where he with other National & International shooters are training newcomers to the nuances of Rifle Shooting. In 2022 he established another shooting range for the top players in [[Dum Dum metro station|Dumdum]]. Karmakar is the [[Coach (sport)|coach]] and mentor of [[2018 Commonwealth Games]] and [[2018 Summer Youth Olympics]] silver medallist [[Mehuli Ghosh]].

== Summer Olympics ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Event
!Rank
!Score
|-
| align="center" |[[2012 London Olympics|2012 London]]
| align="center" |[[Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone|50m rifle prone]]
| align="center" |4
| align="center" |699.1
|}
In [[2012 Summer Olympics]] Karmakar qualified for the finals of [[Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone|men's 50 metre rifle prone]] with a score of 595. In the final he scored 104.1 and finished fourth with a total score of 699.1, behind the bronze medal winner, [[Rajmond Debevec]] of [[Slovenia]], whose aggregate score was 701.<ref name=":0">Shooting results for 50m rifle prone on [http://www.london2012.com/shooting/event/men-50m-rifle-prone/index.html official 2012 London Olympics website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801045606/http://www.london2012.com/shooting/event/men-50m-rifle-prone/index.html|date=2012-08-01}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Karmakar was born on 7 December 1979, to Santo Karmakar and Gayatri Karmakar, in [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]. His father, [[Santo Karmakar]] was a three-time national swimming champion and the well known introducer of sports air pistol in West Bengal.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Father in dark, son aims high|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/father-in-dark-son-aims-high/cid/1283344|access-date=2021-08-12|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref> He married Radhika Ghosh Karmakar.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-11|title=Joydeep Karmakar Biography: Age, Awards, Achievements & Net Worth -|url=https://www.sportzcraazy.com/joydeep-karmakar-biography/|access-date=2021-08-12|website=SportzCraazy|language=en-US}}</ref> His son, [[Adriyan Karmakar]], has also represented India and won silver medal in 50m rifle prone event at Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany in May 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Raiza Dhillon clinches silver in women's skeet event at ISSF Junior World Cup 2025 |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/others/raiza-dhillon-clinches-silver-in-womens-skeet-event-at-issf-junior-world-cup-202520250523081626/ |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=ANI News |language=en}}</ref>

== Awards and accolades ==
Joydeep Karmakar has received the following awards and accolades:

* [[Arjuna Award]] in 2012<ref>{{Cite web|title=List of Arjuna Award 2012 and Khel Ratna Award 2012 Winners|url=https://news.biharprabha.com/2012/08/list-of-arjuna-award-2012-and-khel-ratna-award-2012-winners/|access-date=2021-08-12|website=Biharprabha News {{!}} Connecting Bihar with the entire World|language=en-US|archive-date=12 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812054205/https://news.biharprabha.com/2012/08/list-of-arjuna-award-2012-and-khel-ratna-award-2012-winners/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* West Bengal Khel Samman Award in 2013–14<ref>{{Cite web|title=Khel Samman Awardees|url=https://wbsportsandyouth.gov.in/sites/default/files/docs/awards/Khel%20Samman%20Awardees.pdf|access-date=11 August 2021|website=wbsportsandyouth.gov.in|archive-date=21 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721215006/https://wbsportsandyouth.gov.in/sites/default/files/docs/awards/Khel%20Samman%20Awardees.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[ABP Group|ABP]] Shera Bangali 2013<ref>{{Cite web|title=- bangali xi|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/bangali-xi/cid/1287831|access-date=2021-08-11|website=www.telegraphindia.com|archive-date=11 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811181138/https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/bangali-xi/cid/1287831|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Trained Shooters ==
* [[Mehuli Ghosh]]
* Adriyan Karmakar

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* {{ISSF|SHINDM0712197901}}

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[[Category:Olympic shooters for India]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]
[[Category:Seth Anandram Jaipuria College alumni]]
[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 2014 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games shooters for India]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games]]
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