Angad Vir Singh Bajwa Shooting: Age, Medals, Wife, Asian Championships

Angad Vir Singh Bajwa Shooter: Born on 29 November 1995, Angad Vir Singh Bajwa is an Indian shooter who competes in the skeet discipline and holds the skeet final round world record of 60 out of 60. Born in Chandigarh, Bajwa studied in Canada for some time before returning to India in 2015. His father Gurpal Singh Bajwa owns a hospitality business in Canada. Bajwa was pursuing BBA from the Manav Rachna University in 2018.

What is skeet shooting?

Skeet shooting is a recreational and competitive activity where participants attempt to break clay targets, using shotguns, mechanically flung into the air from two fixed stations at high speed from a variety of angles.

Skeet is one of the three major disciplines of competitive clay pigeon shooting. The others are trap shooting and sporting clays.

Born: 29 November 1995

Angad Vir Singh Bajwa Age: 25 years

From: Chandigarh, India

Handedness: Right

Master eye: Right

Marital Status: Single

Weight: 70 Kg

Angad Vir Singh Bajwa Medals & Achievements

Asian Shooting Championships

• Gold medal in 2019 Doha men’s skeet event
• Silver medal in 2019 Doha Mixed team skeet event
• Gold medal in 2015 Kuwait city in men’s junior skeet event
• Gold medal in 2015 Kuwait city in men’s junior team skeet event

Asian Shotgun Championships

• Gold medal in 2018 Kuwait City in men’s skeet event

Summer Universiade

• Bronze medal in 2019 Naples in men’s skeet event

Lesser Known Facts

• Bajwa represented Canada in shooting competitions for some time while he studied in Canada
• His father Gurpal Singh Bajwa owns a hospitality business in Canada.
• Bajwa is practising shooting since 2012
• He also loves playing squash
• Bajwa’s current world ranking is 102
• Bajwa is India’s second skeet shooter, after Man Singh, to win a gold medal at any continental or world event in November 2018
• In 2017, Bajwa travelled to the USA to train under two-time Olympic gold medalist Vincent Hancock.
• Over the past year, Bajwa has been training with Norwegian shooter-turned coach Tore Brovold