| Sunil Bahadur | |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Birth Date: | 15 November 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Ranchi, Jharkhand, India |
| Highestranking: | 50 (August 2024) |
Sunil Bahadur (born 1976) is a male international Indian lawn bowler.[1]
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.[2] In 2022, he competed in the men's pairs and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[3] 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.[4] [5]
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.[6] He was selected by the Indian national team, to represent them at the sport's blue riband event, the 2023 World Bowls Championship.[7] He participated in the men's pairs and the men's fours events.[8] In the pairs with Putul Sonowal, they reached the quarter finals before losing to Canada.
Bahadur won a triples bronze medal at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland.[9] [10]
Bahadur won the gold medal in the fours at the 15th Asian Lawn Bowls Championship, held in Pattaya, Thailand, during March 2024.[11]