She is the only woman to have won the World Cup for India. Her first international Gold winning performance was in the Commonwealth Championship in Auckland in 1999, where she won 3 Gold medals and a silver medal in Air Rifle, 3P individual and the team event. She participated in her first international event in 1995, in the SAF games. Her tally of 55 Gold, 35 Silver and 16 Bronze medals in domestic Competitions is unbeaten. She won Silver for her state and continues to play for the Maharashtra team.
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She turned pro when she first participated in the National Championships in 1988. She credits him for her strong fundamentals and basics instilled over a period of over 5 years. She started shooting at the age of 21 and within 7 days of holding a gun, she took part in the National Championship of 1988, winning a silver medal for Maharashtra in the process. As a part of her curriculum she got into MRA (Maharashtra Rifle Association). She joined Kirti College in Mumbai mainly due to its close affinity with the NCC. A student of Judo Karate and advanced mountaineering, Bhagwat was very much attracted towards NCC. Her first brush with shooting occurred during her stint as a cadet in the National Cadet Corps (NCC). Inspired by the legendary athlete Carl Lewis, Bhagwat developed interest in sports. 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.Īnjali Ramakant Vedpathak was born on 5 December 1969, she is from a Marathi family in Mumbai. To date, she has won 31 Gold, 23 Silver and 7 Bronze medals. 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. She is a Commonwealth record holder in 10m Air Rifle and Sports Rifle 3P. She has won 12 gold and 4 silver medals in the Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth Shooting Championships. 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. Īnjali 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 also won her first World Cup Final in Milan, in 2003, with a score of 399/400.
She became the World Number One in 10m Air Rifle in 2002.
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Anjali Bhagwat (born 5 December 1969) is a professional Indian sport shooter.
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