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{{Infobox sportsperson<br />
| name = Ankur Mittal<br />
| image =<br />
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| caption = Ankur Mittal receiving Arjuna Award from President of India 2018.<br />
| nickname = <br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|3|30|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Sonipat]], [[Haryana]], India<br />
| death_date = <br />
| death_place = <br />
| residence = <br />
| years_active = <br />
| country = India<br />
| sport = [[Shooting sports|Sport shooter]]<br />
| rank = Former World No. 1<br />
| event = [[ISSF Double trap|Double trap/Trap]]<br />
| coach = <br />
| highestranking = 1<br />
| pb = 145/150, 75/80(World Record)<br />
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[Shooting sports|shooting]]}}<br />
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[ISSF World Shooting Championships|World Championships]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships|2018 Changwon]]|Double trap}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|2018 Changwon|Team double trap}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Shotgun Championships]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2017 World Shotgun Championships|2017 Moscow]]|Double trap}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Shooting at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2018 Commonwealth Games|2018 Gold Coast]]|[[Shooting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's double trap|Double trap]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Shooting Championships|Commonwealth Championships]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2017 Commonwealth Shooting Championships|2017 Brisbane]]|Double trap}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|Thailand Open Shotgun Championship}}<br />
{{MedalGold|2017 Bangkok|Men's Double Trap}}<br />
{{MedalGold|2017 Bangkok|Men's Double Trap Team}}<br />
{{MedalGold|2019 Bangkok|Men's Trap}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|2019 Bangkok|Men's Trap Team}}<br />
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'''Ankur Mittal ''' (born 30 March 1992) is an Indian [[Shooting sports|shooter]]. He has won gold in [[Double Trap]] event at [[2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships]] at [[Changwon]], [[South Korea]] and a silver medal at the 2017 ISSF World Shotgun Championships at Moscow, Russia. He has received Bheem Award from Haryana State and Arjuna Award from President of India in 2018.<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Mittal was born on 30 March 1992 in [[Sonipat]], Haryana.<ref name="2017 CWC gold">{{cite news |title=Commonwealth shooting: Mittal, Nanjappa shoot gold |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/sport/commonwealth-shooting-mittal-nanjappa-shoot-gold/492200.html |accessdate=9 July 2018 |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] (PTI) |date=4 November 2017 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180411223711/http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/sport/commonwealth-shooting-mittal-nanjappa-shoot-gold/492200.html |archivedate=11 April 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> He is the son of a former double trap shooter, Ashok Mittal and younger brother of Ajay Mittal who have been into Indian Shooting Team and won several medal including Gold in Asian Championships at Kuwait in 2017. He went to St. Margaret Sr. Sec. School and he was an Arts student at [[Hansraj College]], [[Delhi]] and did his MBA from Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}<br />
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==Career==<br />
Started his career in 2009, he competed in his first National Shooting Championship, where he secured a place in Junior Indian Shooting Team. He has won several medals in junior category(Under 21) till 2012.<br />
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In 2013, Mittal was part of the Indian Shooting Team at the 2013 Trap Shooting World Cup held in [[Acapulco]], [[Mexico]].<br />
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===2014===<br />
On 27 July, at Glasgow, Scotland in the Commonwealth Games in the Men's Double trap event, Ankur secured second position in the qualification round with a score of 132 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/PEVU/PEVU_SHM402901.html|title=Shooting Double trap Men's Qualification|accessdate=31 May 2018}}</ref> He made it to the semi-final where he placed 5th with a score of 25 points.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ankur Biography|url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/shooting/1068879/1068879.html|accessdate=31 May 2018}}</ref> In the same year, he participated at the [[2014 Asian Games]] in [[Incheon]](South Korea), where he was placed 7th. Following he won the 4th Asian Shotgun Championship in Al Ain(UAE) with a score of 141/150.<br />
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===2016===<br />
He won the 6th Asian Shotgun Championship in Abu Dhabi(UAE) with a score of 143/150.<br />
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===2017===<br />
In Delhi, India at the ISSF World Cup, Ankur participated in Double Trap Shooting event and won a silver medal.<ref name="Ankur">{{cite web|title=2018 Commonwealth Games: Know your CWG athlete: Ankur Mittal|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/commonwealth-games/2018-commonwealth-games-know-your-cwg-athlete-ankur-mittal/articleshow/63396312.cms|accessdate=31 May 2018}}</ref><br />
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In Acapulco, Mexico at the ISSF World Cup in Double Trap Shooting event, Ankur won the Gold Medal creating a World Record.<ref name="Ankur1">{{cite news|title=Ankur Mittal Profile, Stats, Record: Ankur Mittal looks to bag gold in double trap|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/commonwealth-games/ankur-mittal-profile-shooting-biography-stats-medals-cwg-5105998/|newspaper=The Indian Express | date=1 April 2018 | accessdate=8 June 2018}}</ref><br />
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In Astana, Kazakhstan at the 7th Asian Shotgun Championship, Ankur won a gold medal in Double Trap Shooting event as well as a team gold medal.<ref name="Ankur2">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/commonwealth-games/2018-commonwealth-games-know-your-cwg-athlete-ankur-mittal/articleshow/63396312.cms|title=2018 Commonwealth Games: Know your CWG athlete: Ankur Mittal|accessdate=31 May 2018}}</ref><br />
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In Moscow, Russia at the ISSF Shotgun World Championships, Ankur participated in Double Trap Shooting event and won a silver medal.<ref name="Ankur1" /><br />
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In Brisbane, Australia at the Commonwealth Championships, Ankur won a gold medal in the Double Trap Shooting event.<br />
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Ankur Mittal has been ranked as World No. 1 in Double Trap Shooting (Men) and only the second Indian shooter to achieve this feat.<ref name="Ankur1"/><br />
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=== 2018 ===<br />
In Gold Coast, Queensland at the Commonwealth Games, Ankur won a bronze medal in the Double Trap Shooting event with a score of 53 points.<ref>{{cite web|title=CWG 2018: India's Ankur Mittal Grabs Bronze in Double Trap, Ashab Finished Fourth|url=https://www.news18.com/news/other-sports/cwg-2018-indias-ankur-mittal-grabs-bronze-in-double-trap-ashab-finished-fourth-1715045.html|accessdate=31 May 2018}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{ISSF|SHINDM3003199201}}<br />
*http://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/worldranking/complete_ranking_by_event.ashx?event=DT150&evlinkid=301<br />
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