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Indian Archer
This is a list of Indian archers. Indian female archers * Muskan Kirar * Raj Kaur * Dola Banerjee * Ankita Bhakat * Rimil Buriuly * Krishna Das (archer) * Trisha Deb * Divya Dhayal * Nisha Rani Dutta * Gagandeep Kaur * Deepika Kumari * Madhumita Kumari * Reena Kumari * Bombayla Devi Laishram * Purnima Mahato * Laxmirani Majhi * Lily Chanu Paonam * Jayalakshmi Sarikonda * Sumangala Sharma * Purvasha Shende * Chekrovolu Swuro * Pranitha Vardhineni * Jyothi Surekha Vennam Indian male archers * Rahul Banerjee * Mangal Singh Champia * Rajat Chauhan * Atanu Das * Gora Ho * Sandeep Kumar (archer) * Cherukuri Lenin * Shyam Lal Meena * Sanand Mitra * Satyadev Prasad * Tarundeep Rai * Limba Ram * Majhi Sawaiyan * Sanjeeva Kumar Singh * Jayanta Talukdar * Abhishek Verma (archer) * Atul Verma * Vishwas (archer) Vishwas (also known as Viswash; born 11 December 1984 in Uttar Pradesh) is an Indian archer who won the bronze medal in the team competition at the 2006 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archery Association Of India
Archery Association of India (AAI) is the national governing body of archery in India. Its headquarters are located in New Delhi, and its current president is Arjun Munda, AAI is a non-profit, government funded organisation affiliated by World Archery Federation (IAF), Asian Archery Federation (AAF) and Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and recognized by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of India. AAI came into existence on 8 August 1973 after archery was reintroduced to the Olympic Games in 1972. It is responsible for organising, promoting and controlling the sport of archery in India. See also * Abhimanyu Sindhu * Haryana Archery Association * Haryana * International Archery Federation (IAF) *Dola Banerjee * Indian Archers References External linksOfficial Website India Archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lily Chanu Paonam
Lily Chanu Paonam is an Indian Archer .She won a silver medal in the 2017 World Archery Championships The 2017 World Archery Championships was the 49th edition of the event. It was held in Mexico City, Mexico from 15 to 22 October 2017 and was organised by World Archery Federation (formerly known as FITA). Qualification and elimination rounds t .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Paonam, Lily Chanu Living people Indian female archers Archers at the 2014 Asian Games Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Games competitors for India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherukuri Lenin
Cherukuri Lenin (; 1985 or 1986 – 24 October 2010) was an Indian archer and coach. He was the son of Cherukuri Satyanarayana. In 2005, he won a silver medal at the Asian Grand Prix in Malaysia. He was a National Archery Coach under Limba Ram. His students Ritul Chatterjee and Chittibomma Jignas won silver medals in the Archery compound team event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games at New Delhi. He died at the age of 26 in a road collision near Ibrahimpatnam Ibrahimpatnam (known locally as IBM) is a part of Vijayawada in NTR district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is also the mandal headquarters of Ibrahimpatnam mandal. Dr Narla Tata Rao Thermal Power Station, one of the major Thermal ... on 24 October 2010. References Indian male archers 2010 deaths Road incident deaths in India Year of birth uncertain People from Krishna district Archers from Andhra Pradesh {{India-archery-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandeep Kumar (archer)
Sandeep Kumar is an Indian Archer. He won the gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea in the men's compound archery team event along with Abhishek Verma and Rajat Chauhan Rajat Chauhan (born 30 December 1994) is an Indian archer. Chauhan won a silver medal in the World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, becoming the first Indian to win an individual medal in compound archery at the World Championships. He won t .... He had been honoured with the Arjuna award in the year 2015. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Sandeep Living people Indian male archers Asian Games medalists in archery Archers at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for India Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) Recipients of the Arjuna Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gora Ho
Gora Ho is an Indian archer based in Balijhudi village, Rajnagar. He is also known as the Golden Boy. Early life Gora, youngest son of Khaireu Ho comes from a poor family of farmers. He lost his mother Chameni in 2016 and was since looked after by his three elder brothers. He began his training at Arjuna Archery Academy and was later moved to Dugni Archery Academy in Seraikela by B Srinivas Rao. Career In 2014, at the age of 13, he earned recognition after receiving three gold medals at National School Games in Ranchi and in 2015 he won 10 more medals at Jharkhand Archery Championship. In 2018, Gora partnered with Akash and Gaurav Lambe and defeated Mongolia to win the gold medal at Asia Cup Stage 1 Archery Meet 2018 in Bangkok. Awards In 2015, he received the National Child Award by Pranab Mukherjee Dr. Pranab Mukherjee (11 December 193531 August 2020) was an Indian politician and statesman who served as the 13th president of India from 2012 until 2017. In a political ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atanu Das
Atanu Das (born 5 April 1992) represents India in the recurve men's individual and team events. His current world ranking is 9 as of 22 July 2021. He is the spouse of World No. 1 Indian archer Deepika Kumari. Career Das started archery at the age of 14 under the coaching of Mithu Da. In 2008, he moved to Tata Archery Academy where he was trained under the Korean coach Lim Chae Wong. He made his international debut in 2008. Das won the bronze medal, with Deepika Kumari, in the 2013 World Cup mixed team event organized in Colombia. Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das beat Sjef van den Berg and Gabriela Schloesser of Netherlands and fetch India a third gold medal at the World Cup. In the men's team event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Atanu Das was a member of Team India, which got knocked out by Team South Korea in the quarter finals. However, in the Men's individual event, he managed to reach the Round of 8 after upsetting 3rd seed Oh Jin-hyek in the Round of 16. In this Atanu Das got ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajat Chauhan
Rajat Chauhan (born 30 December 1994) is an Indian archer. Chauhan won a silver medal in the World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, becoming the first Indian to win an individual medal in compound archery at the World Championships. He won the Gold Medal Asian Games 2014 in Incheon in the men's compound archery team event along with Abhishek Verma and Sandeep Kumar. In 2014 he also became the first Indian compound Compound may refer to: Architecture and built environments * Compound (enclosure), a cluster of buildings having a shared purpose, usually inside a fence or wall ** Compound (fortification), a version of the above fortified with defensive struc ... archer to qualify for the Archery World Cup final, and in 2015 reached the final of the 2015 World Archery Championships. Other Achievements 2015 Asian Archery Championships: Men's Individual 2015 Asian Archery Championships: Men's Team Awards * Arjuna Award (2016) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Chauhan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mangal Singh Champia
Mangal Singh Champia (born 9 November 1983, in Jamshedpur) is an Indian archer, who won multiple medals in several International event, including Asian Games. He was conferred with the Arjuna award by President of India for the year 2009. Mangal started archery in the year 1995 and became pro in 2008. He has secured 2016 Rio Olympics berth. Other achievements 15th Asian Archery Championships, China: Men's Team Event 3rd Asian Grand Prix, Iran 2nd Commonwealth Archery Championships, India 3rd Asian Archery Grand Prix Tournament, Indonesia 2010 Asian Games: Men's Team Event 15th Asian Archery Championships, China: Individual Event 2008 Summer Olympics At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Champia finished his ranking round with a total of 678 points, just one point behind Juan René Serrano and equal with Viktor Ruban and scoring more bull's eyes than Serrano. This gave him the second seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahul Banerjee (archer)
Rahul Banerjee (born 15 December 1986) is an Indian Olympic and Arjuna Awardee archer. Career Banerjee started archery at the age of thirteen. His sister Dola Banerjee is also an Olympic archer. His first international appearance was in Youth World Championship in 2004; he won a team silver medal, which was the first world level medal for Indian archers. He won several gold medals at the World Cups in 2008, 2009 and 2010, as well as an individual gold medal in the Asian Grand Prix in 2009–2010. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, he won a gold medal in the individual recurve event and he is the First Indian Archer to win gold at CWG and a team bronze medal. He won a team bronze at 2010 Asian Games.He has represented India at more than 50 international competitions including 1 Olympic Games, 2 Asian Games, 3 World Championship, 3 Asian Championship, 8 World Cups, 10 Asian Grand Prix, 2 SAF Games, 1 Commonwealth Games and many more. He was member of the Indian Archery t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jyothi Surekha Vennam
Jyothi Surekha Vennam is an Indian compound archer. She has won multiple gold medals in the compound archery event at the Archery World Cup, World Archery Championships and Asian Games. In 2023, she became the first Indian archer to win a gold medal at the World Archery Championships and multiple gold medals at the Asian Games. She was awarded the Arjuna award, India's second highest sporting honor in 2017 becoming the youngest from South India to win the award. Early life Jyothi was born on 3 July 1996 in Challapalli in Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh to Vennam Surendra Kumar and Sri Durga. Her father is a former Kabaddi player and a veterinary doctor in Vijayawada. Initially, she started training for swimming from the age of 3. In 2001, Jyothi swam 5 km across the Krishna River in three hours, 20 minutes and six seconds and became the youngest to do so entering the ''Limca Book of Records''. Jyothi completed her schooling from Nalanda Vidya Niketan, Vijayawada. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pranitha Vardhineni
Pranitha Vardhineni is an Indian Recurve Archer. Early years Pranitha Vardhineni was introduced to archery during her school years at thRural Development Foundations Kalleda Rural School in Warangal District, Telangana State, India. It was from here that she won a Bronze medal at the National Sub-Junior Archery Championships in 2004. This notable win led to her selection into the prestigious Tata Archery Academy in Jamshedpur, India. Employment Pranitha Vardhineni was employed at the Indian railways, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. Since 2013, she has been working as an Archery Coach with thSports Authority of India She is currently posted at the Sports Training Centre in Gachibowli, Hyderabad. National achievements Between 2004 and 2013, Pranitha Vardhineni participated in twelve national level archery competitions and secured a medal in eleven of them. International achievements Between 2006 and 2015, Pranitha Vardhineni represented India in twenty one international arch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |