Anjali Bhagwat

Anjali Bhagwat
Personal information
Birth nameAnjali Ramakanta Vedpathak
NationalityIndian
Born (1969-12-05) 5 December 1969 (age 54)
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Websiteanjalibhagwat.com
Sport
SportRifle shooting
Turned pro1988
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  India
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Doha 10 m air rifle team
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Manchester Air Rifle (Individual)
Gold medal – first place 2002 Manchester Air Rifle Team
Gold medal – first place 2002 Manchester 3P (Individual)
Gold medal – first place 2002 Manchester 3P Team
Silver medal – second place 2006 Melbourne 3P Team
Commonwealth Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Auckland Air Rifle (Individual)
Gold medal – first place 1999 Auckland Air Rifle Team
Gold medal – first place 1999 Auckland 3P(Individual)
Gold medal – first place 2001 England Air Rifle (Individual)
Gold medal – first place 2001 England Air Rifle Team
Gold medal – first place 2001 England 3P(Individual)
Gold medal – first place 2001 England 3P Team
Gold medal – first place 2005 Melbourne Air Rifle Team
Gold medal – first place 2005 Melbourne 3P (Individual)
Silver medal – second place 1999 Auckland 3P Team
Silver medal – second place 2001 England Air Rifle Team
Silver medal – second place 2005 Melbourne Air Rifle (Individual)
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Anjali Bhagwat (born 5 December 1969) is a professional Indian sport shooter. She became the World Number One in 10m Air Rifle in 2002. She also won her first World Cup Final in Milan, in 2003, with a score of 399/400.[1]

Anjali won the ISSF Champion of Champions award and is the only Indian to win the ISSF Champions' Trophy in Air Rifle Men & Women mixed event at Munich in 2002. She has represented India in three consecutive Olympics, and was a finalist in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, a first for any Indian women shooter and also the first Indian athlete to make an Olympic final since P.T. Usha in 1984.[2] She has won 12 gold and 4 silver medals in the Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth Shooting Championships. She is a Commonwealth record holder in 10m Air Rifle and Sports Rifle 3P. In the 2003 Afro-Asian Games, Bhagwat created history by becoming the first Indian woman shooter to get gold and a silver medal in the Sports 3P and Air Rifle events respectively.

To date, she has won 31 Gold, 23 Silver and 7 Bronze medals. She has set 13 new records in international competitions and has won 55 Gold, 35 Silver and 16 Bronze medals, with 8 new records in national competitions in India.

  1. ^ "Anjali Bhagwat | Indian rifle shooter". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Trailblazer 2000: How Anjali Bhagwat sparked India's shooting stars". ESPN. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.