He is the Commonwealth Games gold medallist who has been living in a pub and preparing for the event by downing chicken parmigianas and pizzas.

He is Australian sport’s new cult figure and his name is Daniel Repacholi.

The 202cm, 130kg Repacholi – who is totally unmissable due to his lengthy ginger beard – is one of the best shooters in the world.

Repacholi won the third Commonwealth Games gold medal of his career on Wednesday, proving too good in a tense 50m pistol final at the Belmont Shooting Centre in Brisbane.

He roared with joy and raced to his family to celebrate before telling reporters that victory was “f–––ing awesome”.

The 35-year-old’s personality really shone through in a late-night interview with the Seven Network, as he had viewers in stitches with a series of brutally honest answers.

Speaking in typically relaxed fashion, Repacholi had co-hosts Mel McLaughlin and Jason Richardson giggling when he told them about his preparation for the Games.

“I’ve had about four parmas in five days and a couple of pizzas as well,” he said.

“There is a pub that we are staying at.

“We can’t go and drink but we can eat what we like.

“We were at the [athletes’] village for a few days but it was over an hour from the shooting range so they put us up in a pub.”

Asked about his mindset while shooting, Repacholi offered: “I wear lucky socks.”

He went on to explain that he had a couple of pairs of rainbow-coloured toe socks, but that he wore the “original ones” when shooting for gold.

Repacholi and his lucky socks. Photo: Channel Seven

So, how often does Repacholi – who is a boiler maker and fitter – wash them?

“When I smell them. Not very often,” he said.

After adding that “everything stinks” in his shooting bag, Repacholi was understandably quizzed about his beard.

“The real reason was to annoy my wife when she was pregnant with my first daughter … that was four years ago,” he said.

“It just stayed pretty much and kept getting nicer and nicer.”

Don’t let that comment fool you, though.

Repacholi expressed his love for his wife several times throughout the interview, and said that he was likely to retire “to be more of a nice father”.

The shooter has two young children who both watched him win gold.

He also mentioned his friends, saying “a heap of mates [are] out there on the piss,” referring to his hometown of Cessnock.

But beyond all the funny lines, he also wore a glow of pride.

“It was fantastic … it was honestly one of the best times,” he said.

“To do that in front of your family is amazing … it is the first time they [my daughters] have seen me shoot in competition.”

Like Matthew Glaetzer in the cycling and Emily Seebohm in the pool, victory for Repacholi also helped him overcome an earlier Games setback.

He was one of the favourites to win the 10m air pistol event, having won the same event in Scotland in 2014, but finished fourth.