Sunil Bahadur
{{Short description|Indian lawn bowler}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
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| name = Sunil Bahadur
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| caption = Bahadur in August 2022
| nationality = Indian
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|11|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
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| highestranking = 50 (August 2024)
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{{MedalComp|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Birmingham|fours}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asia Pacific Bowls Championships}}
{{MedalBronze| 2019 Gold Coast|triples}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Lawn Bowls Championship}}
{{MedalGold | 2024 Pattaya |fours}}
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Sunil Bahadur (born 1976) is a male international Indian lawn bowler.{{cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/lawn-bowls/athlete-profile-n6026613-sunil-bahadur.htm|title=profile|publisher=2018 Commonwealth Games}}
Bowls career
=Commonwealth Games=
Bahadur has represented India at three Commonwealth Games in the pairs at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the singles and triples at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and in the triples and fours at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. In the men's fours the team won section B but failed to win a medal after losing to Wales in the quarter-finals.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/60805|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}} In 2022, he competed in the men's pairs and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.{{cite web|url=https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/athlete-details/43256|title=Official Games profile|publisher=2022 Commonwealth Games|access-date=2 August 2022}} In the fours event as part of the team with Navneet Singh, Chandan Kumar Singh and Dinesh Kumar he reached the final and secured a silver medal.{{cite web |url=https://thebridge.in/commonwealth-games/indian-men-lawn-bowls-team-assured-medal-34189 |title=Commonwealth Games 2022: Meet the Indian men's lawn bowls team who are assured of a historic medal |publisher=The Bridge|access-date=5 August 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/62449794 |title=Commonwealth Games: NI's men's fours win gold with thumping final win in Birmingham |date=6 August 2022 |publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=6 August 2022}}
=World Championships=
He competed for India at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in New Zealand. In 2020, he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia, which resulted in cancellation following the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web|url=https://www.bowls.com.au/2020-world-bowls-championships-competing-countries/|title=2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: COMPETING COUNTRIES|date=12 February 2020 |publisher=Bowls Australia}} He was selected by the Indian national team, to represent them at the sport's blue riband event, the 2023 World Bowls Championship.{{cite web |url=https://bowlingfederationofindia.com/a-homepage-section/ |title=Team India for the World Championship 2023 |website=Bowling Federation of India |access-date=13 August 2023}} He participated in the men's pairs and the men's fours events.{{cite web|url=https://world2023.bowls.com.au/event-info/schedule/ |title=SCHEDULE & DRAWS |publisher=Bowls Australia |access-date=13 August 2023}} In the pairs with Putul Sonowal, they reached the quarter finals before losing to Canada.
= Other events =
Bahadur won a triples bronze medal at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland.{{cite web|url=https://sportsdesq.sportstg.com/portal/index.cfm?fuseaction=main&OrgID=16084|title=Results Portal|publisher=Bowls Australia}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bowls.com.au/2019-asia-pacific-championships-friday-finals-wrap/|title=2019 ASIA PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS: FRIDAY FINALS WRAP|date=28 June 2019 |publisher=World Bowls}}
Bahadur won the gold medal in the fours at the 15th Asian Lawn Bowls Championship, held in Pattaya, Thailand, during March 2024.{{cite web|url=https://guwahatiplus.com/assam/assam-women-clinch-gold-in-asian-lawn-bowls-championship |title=Asian Women clinch gold in Asian Lawn bowls Championship |website=Guwahati plus|access-date=21 March 2024}}
References
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Category:Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Category:Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India