Asher Noria

Born: 20 November 1992

He is an Indian shooter.
He has won several national and international medals for India.
He is the only shooter in the world who has won the double trap event of the International Shooting Junior World Cup for two consecutive years.
He represented Andhra Pradesh in national level competitions winning several medals.
From 2007 onwards, he started winning medals for India in international competitions.
His foray into international competitions began with Cyprus World Championships where he finished sixth.
At the Kuwait Asian Shooting Championships, he met Ahmed bin Hasher Al Maktoum, his idol and the gold medal winner in the double trap event at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
He found this meeting to be inspirational and holds it close to his heart.
At the 2008 Singapore Open, He won his first international gold medal.
His next gold medal came 2 months later at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games, where he bettered the national record set by Rajyavardhan Rathore at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
He won the gold medal at the 2009 International Junior World Cup Shooting Championship in the same category.
At the 2010 World Championships in Munich, He won the gold medal in junior double trap event.
In the process, he also created a new national record in the junior category.
In appreciation of his performance in Munich, the Sahara Group felicitated Noria with a cash prize of ₹300,000 (US$4,300).