Sunil Bahadur

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Sunil Bahadur
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Bahadur in August 2022
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (1976-11-15) 15 November 1976 (age 47)
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking50 (August 2024)
Medal record
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Birmingham fours
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Gold Coast triples
Asian Lawn Bowls Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Pattaya fours

Sunil Bahadur (born 1976) is a male international Indian lawn bowler. [1]

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Bowls career

Commonwealth Games

Bahadur has represented India at three Commonwealth Games in the pairs at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the singles and triples at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and in the triples and fours at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. In the men's fours the team won section B but failed to win a medal after losing to Wales in the quarter-finals. [2] In 2022, he competed in the men's pairs and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [3] In the fours event as part of the team with Navneet Singh, Chandan Kumar Singh and Dinesh Kumar he reached the final and secured a silver medal. [4] [5]

World Championships

He competed for India at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in New Zealand. In 2020, he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia, which resulted in cancellation following the COVID-19 pandemic. [6] He was selected by the Indian national team, to represent them at the sport's blue riband event, the 2023 World Bowls Championship. [7] He participated in the men's pairs and the men's fours events. [8] In the pairs with Putul Sonowal, they reached the quarter finals before losing to Canada.

Other events

Bahadur won a triples bronze medal at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland. [9] [10]

Bahadur won the gold medal in the fours at the 15th Asian Lawn Bowls Championship, held in Pattaya, Thailand, during March 2024. [11]


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References

  1. "profile". 2018 Commonwealth Games.
  2. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  4. "Commonwealth Games 2022: Meet the Indian men's lawn bowls team who are assured of a historic medal". The Bridge. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  5. "Commonwealth Games: NI's men's fours win gold with thumping final win in Birmingham". BBC Sport. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  6. "2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: COMPETING COUNTRIES". Bowls Australia. 12 February 2020.
  7. "Team India for the World Championship 2023". Bowling Federation of India. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  8. "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  9. "Results Portal". Bowls Australia.
  10. "2019 ASIA PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS: FRIDAY FINALS WRAP". World Bowls. 28 June 2019.
  11. "Asian Women clinch gold in Asian Lawn bowls Championship". Guwahati plus. Retrieved 21 March 2024.