Angad Vir Singh Bajwa

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Angad Vir Singh Bajwa
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Bajwa at the Rashtrapati Bhavan
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (1995-11-29) 29 November 1995 (age 28)
Chandigarh, India [1]
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event Skeet shooting
Medal record
Skeet shooting
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Asian Shooting Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Doha Men's skeet
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Doha Mixed team skeet
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Kuwait City Men's junior skeet
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Kuwait City Men's junior team skeet
Asian Shotgun Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Kuwait City Men's skeet
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Naples Men's skeet
Updated on 3 October 2019

Angad Vir Singh Bajwa (born 29 November 1995) is an Indian sport shooter who competes in the skeet discipline. He holds the skeet final round world record of 60 out of 60.

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Career

At the 2015 Asian Shooting Championships in Kuwait City, the trio of Bajwa, Anant Naruka and Arjun Mann won the gold medal in the men's skeet junior team event. Bajwa also won gold in the junior individual event. [2]

Bajwa participated in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta where he shot 119 out of 125 and failed to qualify for the final. [3] He won the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Shotgun Championships in Kuwait City by shooting a world record 60 in the final round of the men's skeet competition. This was India's first ever gold medal in the skeet discipline in a continental or world-level tournament. [4] [5]

Making a comeback after an illness, Bajwa won the bronze medal at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples. [6] At the 2019 Asian Shooting Championships, he won gold in the men's skeet event after a shoot-off with fellow Indian Mairaj Ahmad Khan, who settled for silver. As a result of this, both Bajwa and Khan bagged 2020 Summer Olympics quota places for India. [7] Bajwa also won silver in the mixed team event, with Ganemat Sekhon, in the same competition. [8]

At the 2021 ISSF World Cup in New Delhi, Bajwa won the gold medal in men's skeet team event with Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Gurjoat Siingh Khangura. [9]

Bajwa finished 18th in men's skeet event at the 2020 Summer Olympics with a score of 120/125. [10]

Personal life

Angad started his schooling in Sherwood College, Nainital. As of 2018, Bajwa is pursuing a BBA from the Manav Rachna University. [11] He studied in Canada for some time while representing India in shooting competitions, before returning to India in 2015. His father Gurpal Singh Bajwa owns a hospitality business in Canada. [12] [13]

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