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Joydeep Karmakar
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Personal information
Nationality Indian
Born (1979-12-07) 7 December 1979 (age 45)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Years active1994–present
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
SpouseRadhika Karmakar
Websitejksa.in
Sport
Country India
ClubNorth Calcutta Rifle Club
Now coachingIndia Mehuli Ghosh
India Adriyan Karmakar
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2012 Summer Olympics: 4
Highest world ranking4
Medal record
Men's Shooting
Representing  India
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2010 Sydney 50 meter rifle prone
Commonwealth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 New Delhi 50 meter rifle prone pairs

Joydeep Karmakar (Bengali: জয়দীপ কর্মকার; born 7 September 1979) is an Indian sports shooter from Kolkata, West Bengal.[1] 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 Olympics, where he narrowly missed the podium with a fourth-place finish in the men's 50 metre rifle prone event.[2]

Career

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On 3 August 2012, Joydeep qualified for the Olympic Finals of 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 Incheon Asian Games and ISSF World Championships in Granada, Spain.

In late 2015 he set up a shooting academy in Kolkata named 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, 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 Dumdum. Karmakar is the coach and mentor of 2018 Commonwealth Games and 2018 Summer Youth Olympics silver medallist Mehuli Ghosh.

Summer Olympics

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Year Event Rank Score
2012 London 50m rifle prone 4 699.1

In 2012 Summer Olympics Karmakar qualified for the finals of 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.[3]

Personal life

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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.[4] He married Radhika Ghosh Karmakar.[5] 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.[6]

Awards and accolades

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Joydeep Karmakar has received the following awards and accolades:

Trained Shooters

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References

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  1. ^ Profile at ISSF Profile of Joydeep Karmakar at ISSF Archived 1 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Joydeep Karmakar finishes fourth in 50m rifle prone at London Olympics". The Times of India. 3 August 2012. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  3. ^ Shooting results for 50m rifle prone on official 2012 London Olympics website Archived 2012-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Father in dark, son aims high". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Joydeep Karmakar Biography: Age, Awards, Achievements & Net Worth -". SportzCraazy. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Raiza Dhillon clinches silver in women's skeet event at ISSF Junior World Cup 2025". ANI News. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  7. ^ "List of Arjuna Award 2012 and Khel Ratna Award 2012 Winners". Biharprabha News | Connecting Bihar with the entire World. Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Khel Samman Awardees" (PDF). wbsportsandyouth.gov.in. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 July 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  9. ^ "- bangali xi". www.telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
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