Know the interesting story of DIVYANSH SINGH PANWAR in the video, how he left PUBG and brought glory to the country by taking up SHOOTING.

Divyansh Singh Panwar (English: Divyansh Singh Panwar, born October 19, 2002, Jaipur, Rajasthan) is an Indian shooter. He secured a place in the Tokyo Olympics, 2020 by winning the silver medal in the ISSF World Cup held in Beijing in 2019. Divyansh Singh Panwar has so far won the gold medal four times in the ISSF World Cup. Before this, he had won the gold medal for India in the Junior World Cup. Deepak Kumar and Divyansh Panwar were disappointed in the 'Summer Olympics, 2020' held in Tokyo. Both these players flopped in the 10m Air Rifles Men's Qualification Round and both were out of the medal race. Deepak Kumar finished 26th with 624.7 points and Divyansh finished 32nd with 622.8 points and were far away from getting a medal in shooting at the Tokyo Olympics.

Divyansh Singh Panwar is originally from Jaipur, Rajasthan. His family members say that Divyansh was very fond of shooting since his childhood and due to this, he got addicted to the online game PUBG from the age of 12. The father took a unique step to get rid of his son's gaming addiction. He sent Divyansh along with elder sister Maanvi to Jangpura Center in Jaipur for shooting. After this he took training from coach Deepak Kumar at Karni Singh Shooting Range, Delhi.(1)

Divyansh Singh Panwar won two gold medals at the 2018 ISSF Junior World Cup and created a new world record in both the events. He along with Hriday Hazarika and Tushar Shahu won the junior men's team 10 meter air rifle event with a score of 1875.3, which was a junior world record. Whereas, in the mixed team event, he along with Elavenil Valarivan won another gold medal and scored 498.6.(2)

In this competition, Panwar won the bronze medal in the mixed team event with Shreya Aggarwal in the junior category. The duo captured the fifth and final qualification spot among 42 teams with a score of 834.4 and finished third behind the Italian pair of Soy Bennetti and Marco Suppini and Iran's Sadeghian Armina and Mohammad Amir.

2019 proved to be a very successful year for Divyansh Singh Panwar. He made his Senior World Cup debut at his home ground in New Delhi, but finished 12th in the qualification round with a score of 627.2. Because of this he could not even qualify for the finals. Within two months in Beijing, she proved her critics wrong and won the silver medal with a score of 249.0, securing her place at the Olympics. In the same World Cup, she won the gold medal in the mixed team event with partner Anjum Moudgil.

The pair continued their exploits at the next World Cup in Munich and successfully defended the title. However, at the Rio World Cup, they had to surrender their crown to compatriots Deepak Kumar and Apurvi Chandela and had to settle for a bronze medal. Panwar made a comeback with a bang in the 2019 final World Cup held in Putin China. He won the gold medal by defeating current world number one Istvan Peni by 0.1 points in the final. In the mixed team event, Panwar partnered with Croatia's Snezana Pejic and won the gold medal, while her former teammate Moudgil had to settle for a silver with China's Zhang Changhong.(2)

In 2021, he played in the New Delhi World Cup, where he won a bronze in his favorite event and a gold medal in the mixed team event with Elavenil. However, he has won so many awards in the World Cup and World Shooting Championships. But, he feels that the H&M Cup in Munich was his toughest battle. He explained, “It's an open competition. You get high marks there. Anyone can participate.”