Om Prakash Mitharwal (born 15 August 1995) is an Indian

sport shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms ( firearms and airguns, in forms s ...

. At the

2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships The 52nd ISSF World Shooting Championships were held in Changwon, South Korea from 2 to 14 September 2018. This also served as first qualification for 2020 Summer Olympics. Medal summary Senior Medal table Men Women Mixed Junior Due to ...

, he won the gold medal in the

50 metre pistol The 50 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often called Free Pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It provides the purest precision shooting among the pistol events, and is one of the oldest shooting disciplines, dating back to th ...

and silver in

10 metre air pistol The 10 meter air pistol is an Olympic shooting event governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF). It is similar to 10 meter air rifle in that it is shot with 4.5 mm (or .177) caliber air guns at a distance of 10 m ...

team event. He won the gold medal at the

2018 ISSF World Cup The 2018 ISSF World Cup is the annual edition of the ISSF World Cup in the Olympic shooting events, governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation. Considering 2020 Olympic Games, the ISSF has made many changes in the categories and compet ...

in Guadalajara in the 10 metre air pistol mixed team event with

Manu Bhaker Manu Bhaker is an Indian Olympian who competes at airgun shooting. She represented India at the 2018 ISSF World Cup and won two gold medals. She is the youngest Indian to win a gold medal at the ISSF World Cup. She won the gold medal in women's ...

. He won bronze in the 10 metre air pistol and 50 metre pistol events at the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, ...

in Gold Coast.

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* * Living people 1995 births Indian male sport shooters Sport shooters from Rajasthan Shooters at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in shooting Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India ISSF pistol shooters 21st-century Indian people Recipients of the Arjuna Award Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games {{India-sportshooting-bio-stub