Divyansh Singh Panwar (born 19 October 2002) is an Indian sport shooter. He won the silver medal in the 10 metre air rifle event at the 2019 ISSF World Cup in Beijing and secured a quota position for India at the 2020 Summer Olympics where he achieved rank 32 at the Men's 10 metre air rifle event.
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| Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 October 2002 Jaipur, Rajasthan, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 10 metre air rifle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Deepak Kumar Dubey[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editPanwar was born on 19 October 2002 to Ashok Panwar, a staff at the Sawai Man Singh Hospital in Jaipur, and Nirmala Devi, a qualified nurse.[2][1] Panwar took up shooting in 2014 at the age of 12 and initially used his elder sister Anjali's weapons at the Jangpura shooting range in Jaipur.[3] In 2017, his father became worried by his "PUBG addiction" and enrolled him at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi where he trained under Deepak Kumar Dubey.[4][5][6]
Career
editPanwar won two gold medals at the 2018 ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl. The trio of Panwar, Hriday Hazarika and Shahu Tushar Mane won gold in the junior men's team 10 metre air rifle event with a score of 1875.3, a world junior record.[7] In the junior mixed team event, Panwar and Elavenil Valarivan broke the world junior record, scoring 498.6, to clinch gold.[8]
At the 2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Changwon, Panwar and Shreya Agarwal won bronze in the 10 metre air rifle junior mixed team event.[9]
After finishing 12th in the individual 10 metre air rifle event of 2019 ISSF World Cup in Delhi, Panwar won silver at the same event in Beijing. He secured India's fourth quota spot in shooting discipline at the 2020 Summer Olympics with the performance.[3] Paired with Anjum Moudgil in the mixed team event at the World Cup, he won gold in Beijing,[10] gold in Munich[11] and bronze in Rio de Janeiro.[12] At the 2019 World Cup Final in Putian, Panwar bagged gold in the individual 10 metre air rifle,[13] and gold in the mixed team event with Croatia's Snježana Pejčić.[14]
In May 2019, he was promoted from developmental group to core group of the Target Olympic Podium Scheme.[15]
Personal life
editAs of 2019, Panwar is a class 12[16] biology student at Maheshwari Public School, Jaipur,[17] and regards himself to be "average" at studies.[2] He practices meditation and carries a Bhagavad Gita pocketbook with him.[18]
References
edit- ^ a b Sahni, Jaspreet (30 April 2019). "Divyansh Singh Panwar: Another teenage Indian top gun who could be destined for great things". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ a b Padmadeo, Vinayak (26 April 2019). "The reluctant teen star". The Tribune. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ a b D'Cunha, Zenia (27 April 2019). "ISSF World Cup: From Delhi to Beijing, teen Divyansh Panwar walks the talk to maturity and medals". Scroll.in. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ Sharma, Nitin (27 April 2019). "Weaned away from PUBG, Divyansh Panwar shoots his way to Olympics". The Indian Express. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ Sen, Turja (22 August 2019). "Eyeing Olympic Glory, Teen Shooter Divyansh Beats PUBG 'Addiction'". The Quint. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ "Once a PUBG fan, Divyansh Panwar helps India secure 2020 Tokyo Olympic quota in shooting". The Financial Express. 27 April 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ Krishnan, G. (8 September 2018). "Juniors shoot down one more world record; Hriday Hazarika shines". DNA India. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ Srinivasan, Kamesh (28 June 2018). "More gold for India in Junior World Cup". Sportstar. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ "Bronze for junior shooters, seniors misfire at World Championships". Hindustan Times. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ "Anjum Moudgil-Divyansh Panwar Win India's 1st Gold at ISSF World Cup in Beijing". News18. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ Sharma, Nitin (31 May 2019). "Anjum Moudgill-Divyansh Panwar win all-Indian shootout for World Cup gold". The Indian Express. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ Dutt, Tushar (2 September 2019). "ISSF World Cup: Apurvi-Deepak pair wins rifle mixed gold, bronze for Anjum-Divyansh". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ "Divyansh Singh Panwar Bags India's 3rd Gold Medal at ISSF World Cup Finals". News18. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ "ISSF World Cup Final: Bhaker, Panwar win second gold; Saurabh, Apurvi settle for silver". Sportstar. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ "After shooting World Cup medal, Divyansh Singh Panwar included in TOPS core group". Scroll.in. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ Chowdhury, Ayantan (16 November 2019). "Olympics over board exams for rifle shooter Divyansh". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ Masand, Ajai (28 April 2019). "Teen sensation Divyansh wins India Olympic quota in shooting". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ Sharma, Nitin (22 November 2019). "Divyansh Singh Panwar: From Minimum to gold standard". The Indian Express. Retrieved 24 November 2019.