Angad Vir Singh Bajwa


Angad Vir Singh Bajwa is an Indian sport shooter who competes in the skeet discipline. He holds the skeet final round world record 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 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 in Naples. At the 2019 Asian Shooting Championships, 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 quota places for India. Bajwa also won silver in the mixed team event, with Ganemat Sekhon, in the same competition.

Personal life

As of 2018, Bajwa is pursuing a BBA from the Manav Rachna University. He studied in Canada for some time while representing Canada in shooting competitions, before returning to India in 2015. His father Gurpal Singh Bajwa owns a hospitality business in Canada.