16 Bronze medals in domestic Competitions is unbeaten. She participated in her first international event in 1995, in the SAF games. Her first international Gold winning performance was in the Commonwealth Championship in Auckland in 1999, where she won 3 Gold medals and a silver medal in Air Rifle, 3P individual and the team event. She is the only woman to have won the World Cup for India. She considers her rival Galkina Lioubov (Russia) as an idol competitor. In December 1999, she started training under Laszlo Szucsak, the then coach for the Indian Shooting Team. Bhagwat had personally approached Laszlo after watching his work with the Malaysian Shooting squad. The Hungarian remained with the team for a year during which Bhagwat earned a wild card entry in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, where she went on to become one of the finalists. From 2001 to 2004, Bhagwat trained without a coach, and still managed to become World Number One in 2002. During the year 2006, Laszlo re-joined the national shooting squad as the team Coach, and Bhagwat trained with him till 2008. In the year 2008, Stanislav Lapidus was appointed the coach by the Indian National Army for the national squad. Many stalwarts of the sport of shooting often rate World Championships higher than the Olympics. Bhagwat has ranked her victory as the Champions of Champions in 2002 as the best moment in her career. She still remains the only Indian to have ever won the title. Competitions Equipment and sponsors Bhagwat uses a Feinwerkbau, a German-made rifle for her Air Rifle events. For 10m she prefers a Feinwerkbau while for 50m she uses a .22 Walther. Bhagwat's first kit was gifted to her by Bollywood actor and a fellow shooter, Nana Patekar in 1993. She was officially sponsored by the Hinduja Foundation in 2000, and later by the Mittal Champions Trust in 2008. Hyundai Corporation also supported her training prior to 2004. Awards Rajiv Gandhi Khel-Ratna (2003) Arjuna Award (2000) 1992:Shree Shiv Chattrapati Award 1993:Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar 1993:Vasantrav Naik Pratishthan Puraskar 2002:Indo-American Society Young Achiever award 2003:Times Group Maharashtra Shaan 2003:Hero Indian Sports Award -Best sportswoman 2003:HISA Sports Woman of the year 2003:HISA Shooter of the year 2004:HISA Shooter of the year 2005:GR8 women achievers award 2005:Teacher's achievement award 2006:F I E Foundation National award Personal life Bhagwat has two siblings; a younger brother Rahul and an elder sister