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

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who competes in the skeet discipline. In 2018, he became the first shooter to set the skeet final round

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of 60 out of 60.

Career

At the

2015 Asian Shooting Championships The 2015 Asian Shooting Championships was held in Kuwait between November 1 and November 12. This tournament was supposed to be an Asian qualifying tournament for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. However, this qualification event lost its Rio Ol ...

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 ( or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games (), and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, were a Asia, continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 August to 2 September 201 ...

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 The 2019 Summer Universiade (), officially known as the XXX Summer Universiade () and also known as Naples 2019, or Napoli 2019, was held in Naples, Italy, between 3 and 14 July 2019. It was initially scheduled for Brasília, Brazil in July 201 ...

in Naples. At the

2019 Asian Shooting Championships The 2019 Asian Shooting Championships were the 14th Asian Shooting Championships and took place from 5 to 13 November 2019, at Lusail Shooting Complex, Doha, Qatar. It was the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo ...

, 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 The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

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

with a score of 120/125.

Personal life

Angad is an alumnus of

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. The school has been described in ''The Economic Times'' as one of a group of "old, rich ...

, Nainital, batch of 2013. 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, Fa ...

. 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 Shooters at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for India Asian Games shooters for India Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Universiade medalists for India Summer World University Games medalists in shooting Competitors at the 2019 Summer Universiade Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for India Asian Games bronze medalists in shooting