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Top 10 sports achievers at Commonwealth Games by Indian male athletes

Top 10 sports achievers at Commonwealth Games by Indian male athletes

Friday August 18, 2017,

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Sportsmen bringing honour to the country is a matter of pride and glory. It has encouraged youth to take up sports and have made our country proud. India has seen a tremendous incline towards sports in the recent years. Various bollywood movies like Bhag Milkha Bhag, Pan Singh Tomar, etc are based on the field of sports and have encouraged the society. India has given birth to some of finest sporting stars and today we will describe achievements of Indian Male athletes in the Commonwealth games.

Abhinav Bindra

Abhinav Bindra is a World class Indian professional shooter and businessman and is a World and Olympic champion. He became the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics Games in the 10 m Air Rifle event. He have won one gold medal each at the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games, 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games & 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games in the shooting events. He has won a silver medal at the 2002 Manchester & 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games each in the shooting events. He has also won a bronze medal at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games in the shooting events.

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Gagan Narang

Gagan Narang is an Indian shooter, in Air rifle shooting, who became the first Indian athletes to qualify for the London Olympics. He has won 4 gold medals at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games in various shooting events. He has won 4 gold medals at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games in various shooting events. He has also won silver & a bronze medal at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games in different shooting events.

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Omkar Singh

Omkar Singh is an Indian sports shooter who is currently serving the Indian Navy. He won 3 gold medals and a silver medal in shooting events at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games held in Delhi.

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Vijay Kumar

Subedar Major Vijay Kumar Sharma is a sport shooter from India who is serving as the Subedar Major (Warrant Officer Class I) in the Dogra Regiment (16th Battalion) Indian Army. He has won 2 gold medals in the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games in the shooting events. He has also won 3 gold & 1 silver medals in the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games in the shooting events.

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Yogeshwar Dutt

Yogeshwar Dutt is an Indian freestyle wrestler who was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2013. He has won a gold medal each at the 2010 Delhi & 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games in wrestling.

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Gurpreet Singh

Gurpreet Singh is an Indian sports shooter currently serving the Indian army. He has won 2 gold medals in shooting events at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. He has also won an individual bronze in Men's 25m rapid fire pistol (Singles) at the event.

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Sharath Kamal

Achanta Sharath Kamal is an Indian professional table tennis player who has won 2 gold medals at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games in Men's single & Men's team events respectively.

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Harpreet Singh

Harpreet Singh is an Indian Shooter currently serving the Indian Navy. He has won 2 gold medals at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games in shooting events. He has also won a silver medal in the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games in shooting event.

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Sushil Kumar

Sushil Kumar Solanki is an Indian freestyle wrestler. He has won one gold medal each at the 2010 Delhi & 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games in wrestling.

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Amit Kumar

Amit Kumar Dahiya is an Indian wrestler who was the youngest wrestler ever to represent India at the Olympics. He has won a gold medal at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games in wrestling.

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