Anjali Bhagwat

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Anjali Bhagwat

Personal information
Birth name	Anjali Ramakanta Vedpathak
Nationality	Indian
Born	(1969-12-05) 5 December 1969 (age 54) Mumbai, Maharashtra
Height	5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Website	anjalibhagwat.com
Sport
Sport	Rifle shooting
Turned pro	1988
Medal record Representing  India International Career Statistics 31 23 7 Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester Air Rifle (Individual) 2002 Manchester Air Rifle Team 2002 Manchester 3P (Individual) 2002 Manchester 3P Team 2006 Melbourne 3P Team Commonwealth Championships 1999 Auckland Air Rifle (Individual) 1999 Auckland Air Rifle Team 1999 Auckland 3P(Individual) 2001 England Air Rifle (Individual) 2001 England Air Rifle Team 2001 England 3P(Individual) 2001 England 3P Team 2005 Melbourne Air Rifle Team 2005 Melbourne 3P (Individual) 1999 Auckland 3P Team 2001 England Air Rifle Team 2005 Melbourne Air Rifle (Individual)

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.