Abhishek Verma (born 26 June 1989) is an Indian archer. At the

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...

at Incheon, South Korea, he won the gold medal in the men's compound archery team event along with

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 ...

and Sandeep Kumar, and the silver medal in the men's individual compound event. On 15 August 2015, he won a gold medal in the compound men's individual section at the Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Wroclaw, Poland. On 25 October 2015, he won the silver medal in the compound men's individual section at the Archery World Cup Final in Mexico city. The Indian men's compound team, that was composed of Abhishek Verma, Chinna Raju Srither and Amanjeet Singh, won bronze on the penultimate day of the archery World Cup stage one championship in

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, after defeating

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for 226-221. Abhishek Verma works as an income tax inspector in the Income Tax Department. He backs his position by holding the top rank in selection trails. On 17 November 2021, he won the bronze medal in the men's compound archery team event along with Rishabh Yadav and Aman Saini at the 22nd Asian Archery Championship in Dhaka,

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. In Year 2022, teaming with Jyothi Surekha Vennam, he won gold medal in compound mixed team archery event in Archery World Cup held at Paris,France.

Asian Games

Abhishek Verma won gold and silver medals at the 2014 Asian Games. In

Asian Games 2018 The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 August ...

he won a team silver medal with

and Aman Saini.

Awards

Arjuna Award The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The award is named after Arjuna, one ...

(2014)

References

External links

Profile at incheon2014.krProfile at worldarchery.org
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