Vikram Bhatnagar
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Vikram Bhatnagar is an India
India
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n Shooter
Shooting
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. He won the silver medal in the Men's Double Trap (Pairs) with Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore is an Indian shooter who won the silver medal in Men's Double Trap at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens...

 at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
2006 Commonwealth Games
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. In this process he was able to score a good score and carried the team to the silver medal.He is an MBA Graduate and has interests in Hotels and Construction as well.

Awards

He won many awards and medals along with Delhi state Rajiv Khel Ratna Award. He won Gold medal in the Asian Clay Shooting Championships in September 2006 which held in Singapore from the Indian double trap team. He won Silver medal with the team at Asian Games
2006 Asian Games
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, Doha
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, Qatar
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 in December 2006. He won the Delhi State Rajiv Khel Ratna Award on August 22, 2007. In 2008 he started the year with a Grand Prix Bronze medal at the Asian Clay shooting Championships in Jaipur. He is the 2008 National Champion at Jaipur with the score of 144/150 + 47/50 = 191/200. He was a part of the Team that won Gold in Asian Clay shooting Championships in Almaty Kazakhstan in September 2009.He won Gold medal in National shotgun championships, Patiala in November 2009. He won the pair Gold in the Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games
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 Federation Shooting Championships in February 2010, along with the Bronze in the individual category. At the World Cup in Acapulco
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, Mexico
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in March 2010, he placed 4th in the world with a score of 140/150 and 46/50 in the final. His World Ranking as of First June 2010 is 11, in Mens Double Trap event, making him the highest ranked Indian Shooter in this event.
Championship Year Medal
The Asian Clay Shooting Championships, Singapore September 2006 Gold Medal
Asian Games at Doha, Qatar December 2006 Silver Medal
Asian Clay shooting Championships, Jaipur 2008 Bronze Medal
National shotgun championships, Patiala November 2009 Gold medal
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