Anish Bhanwala, A 15 YO Becomes The Youngest Indian Shooter To Win Gold In Commonwealth Games

With each passing day, India is doing terrific in the commonwealth games 2018. Earlier, India surpassed their Glasgow Gold Medal Tally. Indian players are putting their sweat on to make India proud in these games and we are palpably proud of our players.

There is one more record which has been broken, 15 YO Anish Bhanwala became the youngest Indian to win gold at Commonwealth Games. After his win, India bags it's 17th gold in CWG2018 and total medals tally goes to 42(17 gold, 11 silver and 14 bronze).

And he truly deserves an applause for his impressive performance.

Anish Bhanwala is an Indian shooter from Haryana. He competes in 25 meter standard pistol, 25 meter pistol, and 25 meter rapid fire pistol events.

His sensational win after facing a tough competition from 20-year-old Australian shooter Sergei Evglevski and 28-year-old Sam Gowin of England.

After his iconic win in CWG 2018, celebrities, sportsperson, and even Indian President also congratulated him on his record breaking performance.

Extremely happy to learn that Anish Bhanwala who is just 15 years old has won the shooting GOLD in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event at #GC2018 Truly remarkable feat by the youngster #PresidentKovind

— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) April 13, 2018

मेरे प्यारे अनीश!! 15 साल की उम्र में आपने हमारे लिए स्वर्ण पदक जीता। देश को आप पर गर्व है। जीते रहो और जय हो।🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
15-yr-old shooter Anish becomes India's youngest CWG gold medalist https://t.co/MkkqPfI0N0

— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPKher) April 13, 2018

Anish had won gold in the ISSF(International Shooting Sport Federation) World Cup which was held in Sydney this year.

Congrats Anish Bhanwala on the Gold!!! The young shooting star of India!! So proud of you!! #GC2018 #GC2018Shooting

— Anil Kapoor (@AnilKapoor) April 13, 2018

15 and a Gold winner already!!

👏🏻 A standing ovation for this young Shooter #AnishBhanwala who has become the youngest Indian athlete to win a medal in the history of Commonwealth Games

What an inspiration he is for our children! #GC2018Shooting #GC2018 #16GoldMedals pic.twitter.com/3i8JxDAXRg

— Manjinder S Sirsa (@mssirsa) April 13, 2018

Many congratulations to the winners at the #GC2018
Young #AnishBhanwala for Gold in 25m rapid pistol;#TejaswiniSawant for gold & #AnjumMoudgil for silver in Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions event. Very well done.#CitizenMukherjee

— Pranab Mukherjee (@CitiznMukherjee) April 13, 2018

Congratulations to shooter #AnishBhanwala for winning the men's 25m rapid fire pistol event & becoming India's youngest gold medal winner at the Commonwealth Games. You've made us all mighty proud! #CWG2018 pic.twitter.com/RyvM1JrnqO

— Congress (@INCIndia) April 13, 2018

Unbelievable- #AnishBhanwala at just 15 years of age wins a Gold in 25 m rapid pistol. Congratulations Anish.
Also many congratulations to#TejaswiniSawant for the GOLD 🥇 & #AnjumMoudgil for the SILVER🥈in Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions event. #GC2018 pic.twitter.com/VcvTpOKjkD

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) April 13, 2018

Indians are really proud of you Anish Bhanwala. Congratulations!!