Career
He is an air pistol specialist. He contested in the 10 m air pistol and 50 m pistol events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but failed to reach the finals in both events. He is employed with the CISF and lives in New Delhi.
Commonwealth Games At the Commonwealth Games, he was in contention for eight medals.
After winning the one silver and five Gold, nerves got the better of him in the 25m centrefire pistol individual event where he could manage only a bronze. In the standard fire pistol individual competition, his gun malfunctioned and he fell out of contention for a medal in that event.
He was dubbed "Goldfinger" by the volunteers at the Games. Samresh Jung was born on 5 May 1970, in Haripur khol Nahan Himachal Pradesh.
Jung completed his preliminary education from the Modern School in Delhi.
Thereafter, he enrolled himself at the Osmania University in Hyderabad, from where he gained his graduation degree. Very few people know that he is a good player of chess too. 2002 5 December News Story in The Hindu about Samaresh Jung"s defense in National Games.
SAF Games report Citations.
