Mokokchung, October 22 (MTNews): Tilottama Sen, a 14-year old girl from Dimapur, who is currently Bengaluru-based, came out as someone matured beyond her age both on and off the shooting range at the recently concluded 36th National Games, Gujarat 2022 and is set to represent the country at the 15th Asian Airgun Championship, Daegu, Korea, to be held from 8th to 19th November 2022. She is the youngest shooter in the Indian squad.
An update from the Nagaland Rifle Association informed that Sen caught the imagination of the fans with a brilliant score of 633.6 in the Women’s 10m Air Rifle Qualification Round which became the National Record, and finished second best to Olympian Elavenil Valarivan at the final round.
The young talent also got Gold medal in 10m Air Rifle Women Junior Team at the ISSF World Championships Cairo, Egypt 2022 defeating China and Finland. She was also the best shooter scoring 633.4 in the qualification round equaling the Junior World Record and achieved Bronze Medal in 10M Air Rifle Women Junior Individual.
Sen is the daughter of Sujit Sen who passed out from Pranab Vidyapith, West Yard Colony, Dimapur, and granddaughter of Late Sunil Kumar Sen, who was a prominent businessman and the proprietor of Popular Watch Co, Dimapur. Currently, she is a student of BlueBell Public School, Electronic City in Bangalore.