Rohit Brijnath

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Rohit Brijnath
Nationality Indian
Occupation Sports journalist
Notable workA Shot at History: My Obsessive Journey to Olympic Gold (co-authored with Abhinav Bindra)

Rohit David Brijnath is a veteran Indian sports journalist. Early in his career, Brijnath was a key member of the now-defunct weekly magazine Sportsworld , where he wrote alongside young journalists such as Mudar Patherya and Andy O'Brien. He has also worked for India Today and has written a recurring sports column for the BBC News website since 2004. He has also written for the Indian publication The Sportstar . He currently resides in Singapore with his wife, where he writes for the Straits Times. He also has a column called 'Game Theory' in the Indian publication 'Mint'.

He has co-authored the biography of Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra titled A Shot at History: My Obsessive Journey to Olympic Gold, published in 2011.

Indian commentator 'Harsha Bhogle' has referred to him as the 'best Indian sportswriter by a long margin'.