At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, he won two gold medals, in the men's free pistol pairs and in the open event of 25 m standard pistol pairs, both in partnership with Jaspal Rana.

On 3 October 2010, he had the honour of bearing the Queen's Baton in its Opening Ceremony run in the stadium for the 2010 Commonwealth Games of Delhi.

[1][2] Samresh Jung was born on 19 May 1970, in Haripur khol Nahan Himachal Pradesh.

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.