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|birth_place=[[Chandigarh]], India<ref>{{cite news |last1=Naik |first1=Shivani |title=Angad Vir Singh Bajwa: Meet shooting’s Virat Kohli |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/meet-shootings-virat-kohli/ |accessdate=3 October 2019 |work=The Indian Express |date=7 February 2016}}</ref>

{{MedalGold| [[2019 Asian Shooting Championships|2019 Doha]]|Men's skeet}} Won Quota for India for Olympics 2020

{{MedalGold| [[2015 Asian Shooting Championships|2015 Kuwait City]]|Men's Junior Skeet}}

{{MedalGold| [[2015 Asian Shooting Championships|2015 Kuwait City]]|Men's Junior Team skeet}}

{{MedalGold| [[2018 Asian Shotgun Championships|2018 Kuwait City]]|Men's skeet}} Set a New World Record of 60/60 in Finals

'''Angad Vir Singh Bajwa''' (born 29 November 1995) is an Indian [[sport shooting|sport shooter]] who competes in the [[ISSF Olympic skeet|skeet]] discipline. He holds the Skeet Finals  [[ISSF Olympic skeet#Current World Records|World Record]] of 60 out of 60.

At the [[2015 Asian Shooting Championships]] in Kuwait City, Angad Vir Singh Bajwa won the Gold medal in the Men's Skeet Junior Individual Event by shooting 121/125 and set the new Asian Junior Record. Angad Bajwa also won Gold in the Men's Junior Skeet - Team event along with team mates Anant Naruka and Arjun Mann.<ref>{{cite news |title=Heena Sidhu shoots gold medal in Asian Championship |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/151106/sports-other-sports/article/heena-sidhu-shoots-gold-medal-asian-championship |accessdate=3 October 2019 |work=Deccan Chronicle |date=7 November 2015}}</ref>

Bajwa participated in the [[Shooting at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's skeet|2018 Asian Games]] in Jakarta where he shot 119 out of 125 and failed to qualify for the final.<ref>{{cite news |title=Asian Games 2018: Indian skeet shooters flop, fail to make the cut for the finals |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/asian-games/news/2018/aug/26/asian-games-2018-indian-skeet-shooters-flop-fail-to-make-the-cut-for-the-finals-1863052.html |accessdate=3 October 2019 |work=The New Indian Express |date=26 August 2018}}</ref> He won the Gold medal at the [[2018 Asian Shotgun Championships]] in Kuwait City by shooting a World Record of 60/60 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Angad Vir Singh Bajwa grabs first skeet gold for India with a world record |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/other-sports/story/angad-vir-singh-bajwa-first-gold-medal-world-record-asian-shotgun-championship-1383896-2018-11-07 |accessdate=3 October 2019 |work=India Today |date=7 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Asian Shotgun Championship: Angad Vir Singh Bajwa shoots historic skeet gold |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-asian-shotgun-championship-angad-vir-singh-bajwa-shoots-historic-skeet-gold-2683410 |accessdate=3 October 2019 |work=DNA India |date=6 November 2018}}</ref>

Making a comeback after an illness, Bajwa won the Bronze Medal at the [[Shooting at the 2019 Summer Universiade|2019 Summer Universiade]] in Naples.<ref>{{cite news |title=Angad Vir Singh Bajwa bags a bronze in shooting in Universiade |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/angad-vir-singh-bajwa-bags-a-bronze-in-shooting-in-universiade/article28363514.ece |accessdate=3 October 2019 |work=The Hindu |date=10 July 2019}}</ref> At the [[2019 Asian Shooting Championships]], he again won Gold in the men's Skeet event second time in a row 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ninan |first1=Susan |title=Angad Vir Singh Bajwa, India's perfect skeet shooter |url=https://www.espn.in/shooting/story/_/id/28056444/angad-vir-singh-bajwa-india-perfect-skeet-shooter |accessdate=14 November 2019 |work=ESPN.in |date=11 November 2019}}</ref> Bajwa also won Silver in the mixed team event, in the same competition.<ref>{{cite news |title=Asian Championships: Angad, Sekhon bag mixed team silver in Skeet |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/shooting/asian-shooting-championships-angad-vir-singh-bajwa-ganemat-sekhon-mixed-team-skeet-silver-medal-junior-air-rifle-50m-air-rifle-non-olympic-event/article29954487.ece |accessdate=14 November 2019 |work=Sportstar |date=12 November 2019}}</ref>  

Coming back from the long period of the pandemic with no competition in 2020, the 1st World Cup at Cairo,Egypt took place in February 2021, this was the 1st competition and he won a Bronze medal in the Skeet Team event.  

Following up after this came the World Cup at New Delhi in March,2021, Angad and his team again won, this time a Gold medal in the Skeet Team event by beating the team of Qatar, by a 6 - 2 lead. The team from Qatar had stood 1st in the qualification rounds. A  day later he kept up his pace and won his 2nd Gold medal in a row in the Mixed Team event at the World Cup at  New Delhi by beating the team from Kazakhstan by score of 33 - 29.

 

At the [[2021 ISSF World Cup]] in [[New Delhi]] Angad Vir Singh Bajwa won the Gold medal in Men's Skeet Team Event with team mates [[Mairaj Ahmad Khan]] and [[Gurjoat Siingh Khangura]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Gold for Indian men's skeet team, women settle for silver |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/gold-for-indian-mens-skeet-team-women-settle-for-silver/articleshow/81633621.cms |accessdate=15 April 2021 |work=Times of India |date=22 March 2021}}</ref>

As of 2020, Bajwa completed his [[BBA]] from the [[Manav Rachna University]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Srinivasan |first1=Kamesh |title=Angad Vir Singh Bajwa: ‘I was confident of winning the gold’ |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/shooting/angad-vir-singh-bajwa-national-shotgun-championship-mens-skeet-interview-tokyo-2020-kuwait-mairaj-ahmad-khan/article25643825.ece |accessdate=3 October 2019 |work=Sportstar |date=1 December 2018}}</ref> He studied in Sherwood College and then moved to Canada for some time to pursue his Graduation from UBC in Vancouver but then returned to India to represent India from 2015 to date. His father Gurpal Singh Bajwa is in business in Canada.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Nitin |title=It’s a perfect world for Angad Vir Singh as he breaks world record |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/its-a-perfect-worlds-for-angad-vir-singh-as-he-breaks-world-record-5436473/ |accessdate=3 October 2019 |work=The Indian Express |date=7 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Vinayak |first1=Padmadeo |title=Angad shows world class with Asian gold |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/sport/angad-shows-world-class-with-asian-gold/679966.html |accessdate=3 October 2019 |work=The Tribune |date=6 November 2018}}</ref>

[[Category:Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade]]

[[Category:Asian Games competitors for India]]