Suma Shirur is a former Indian shooter who
competed in the 10-meter air rifle event. She is a joint world record holder in
the event, having scored the maximum of 400 points in the qualification round,
which she achieved at the 2004 Asian Shooting Championships in Kuala Lumpur.
In 1993, as a part of the Maharashtra Rifle Association, Shirur
won three silver medals at the Maharashtra State Championship. Following her
win at the Junior National Championships in 1994 in Chennai, she became
the junior national champion. She then represented her home state of Karnataka
at the 1997 National Games in Bangalore, where she won the gold medal in
the 10-meter air rifle event.
Shirur
made her name at the international stage winning medals at the 2002 Asian
Games in Busan and the 2002 Commonwealth games in Manchester,
where she won medals in the individual and team events of 10 meter air rifle.
Following a hiatus, Shirur returned to competitive shooting in
2010, winning a gold medal at the Intershoot Shooting Championship at The
Hague.