Anjum Moudgil (Shooting) Date of Birth: January 5, 1994 Age: 27 Birthpoints: Chandigarh Sport / Events: Shooting (50 m Rifle 3 Positions & Mixed Team 10m Air Rifle) Ranking World: 3 (Rifle air), 27th (Rifle position 3 Position) (As on March 26, 2021) Image Credit: Anjum Moudgil Twitter Twitter Achievement: * World Championship: Two Silver – Individual & Team 10m Air Rifle (2018) * World Cup: Gold – Mixed Team 10m Rifle (2019); 50 m Rifle 3 Position – Perak (2018), Silver Team (2021) * Commonwealth Game: Perak – 50 M Rifle 3 Position (2018) Indian Shooter Anjum Moudgil won two silver medals at 10m rifle events (individuals & teams) in prestigious championships ISSF world in 2018 in Changwon, South Korea.
But the first major international success was in the 50m Rifle 3 positions, where he won the previous World Cup silver in 2018.
He then won the silver in the 2018 Commonwealth Games at the 50m Rifle 3 Positions.
Currently World Rank No.
3 At the 10m Air Rifle Rifle event, Anjum is out of individual place and will compete on a mixed team in Tokyo, partnering with Deepak Kumar.
He will also compete individually at the 50m rifle positions event in Tokyo.
Anjum has a good record in the mixed team program, winning the World Cup gold in 2019 and is a good prospect of medals for India in it.
Divyansh Panwar (Shooting) Date of Birth: October 2, 1998 Age: 22 Birthpoints: Jaipur, Rajasthan Sport / Event: Shooting (10m Air Rifle & Mixed Team 10m Rifle Air) Ranking World: 2nd (Rifle 10m Water) (as on March 26 2021) Divyansh Singh Panwar (Photo Credit: Olympic Channel) Great Achievement: * World Cup: Five Gold, Silver & Two Bronze (2019-21) * Junior World Championship: Bronze (2018) * Junior World Cup: Two Gold (2018) Divyansh Panwar is another young Indian who has made a sign in the past few years in shooting.
From winning two gold medals at the 2018 Junior World Cup in Germany to book tickets to Tokyo’s match less than a year later in 2019, Divyansh was far away in his shooting career.
2019 was his first year at the senior level and now he is ranked 2nd in the world in 10m rifles.
He actually previously world number 1.
Divyansh won four gold, silver and bronze in 2019 and secured the Tokyo quota for India with silver in the Beijing World Cup.
He ended the year with individual gold in the World Cup final in Putian, China.
He also won three gold medals in the mixed team in 2019.
When the competition immediately returned this year, after a covid-induced break, Divyansh proved the credentials with gold mixed gold at the Delhi World Cup 2021, with female air No.
1 10m of Valarivan’s elavenil rifle shooter as his partner, made the team’s duo beat in Tokyo.
Divyansh will compete in two events in Tokyo – individual and mixed teams (with elavenyl).
The 22-year-old child is considered a very strong prospect of medal on the mixed team.
He has won five medals in the last six World Cups covering four gold.
Tokyo 2020: Meet Competitors – Anjum Moudgil and Divyansh Panwar
