Angad Vir Singh Bajwa (born 29 November 1995) is an Indian

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who competes in the

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discipline. He holds the skeet final round

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of 60 out of 60.

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. Bajwa participated in the

2018 Asian Games The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a Asia, continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 A ...

in Jakarta where he shot 119 out of 125 and failed to qualify for the final. 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. Making a comeback after an illness, Bajwa won the bronze medal at the

2019 Summer Universiade ) , Nations participating = 118 , Athletes participating = 5,971 , Events = 220 , Sports = 18 , Opening ceremony = 3 July , Closing ceremony = 14 July , Officially opened by = President Se ...

in Naples. At the 2019 Asian Shooting Championships, he won gold in the men's skeet event after a shoot-off with fellow Indian

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, who settled for silver. As a result of this, both Bajwa and Khan bagged

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quota places for India. Bajwa also won silver in the mixed team event, with Ganemat Sekhon, in the same competition. At the 2021 ISSF World Cup in

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, Bajwa won the gold medal in men's skeet team event with

and Gurjoat Siingh Khangura. Bajwa finished 18th in men's skeet event at the

with a score of 120/125.

Personal life

Angad started his schooling in

Sherwood College Sherwood College is a co-educational residential school in Nainital, Uttrakhand , India. It was established in 1869 and is affiliated to CISCE and IGCSE. History Sherwood was founded on 5 June 1869. It was the brain-child of Dr. Condon, H.S. ...

, Nainital. As of 2018, Bajwa is pursuing a BBA from the

Manav Rachna University Manav Rachna University is a private university located in Faridabad, Haryana, India. It was established as Manav Rachna College of Engineering (MRCE) in 2004 and became a university in 2014. Campus The university's campus is in Sector 43, F ...

. 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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bajwa, Angad Vir Singh Living people 1995 births Indian male sport shooters Sport shooters from Punjab, India Skeet shooters Shooters at the 2018 Asian Games Universiade medalists for India Universiade medalists in shooting Competitors at the 2019 Summer Universiade Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for India