Atanu Das (born 5 April 1992) represents

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in the recurve men's individual and team events. His current

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is 9 as of 22 July 2021. He is the spouse of World No. 1 Indian archer

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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

, in the 2013 World Cup mixed team event organized in

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. 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

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, 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

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in the Round of 16. In this Atanu Das got praised from the Olympic Gold Medalist Oh Jin Hyek. Oh Jin Hyek said, “While it may appear to be an excuse, it is quite different from what it appears to be in a gust of wind,” Jin-hyek said. “Atanu is a great player. I wasn't any better than he was.” This is according to one article b
Good Morning Mumbai
website.

Personal life

Atanu Das was born on 5 April 1992 in Baranagar, West Bengal, India. He did his education in Baranagar Narendranath Vidyamandir,

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. He is employed with

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Sports Promotion Board, Kolkata. Atanu Das married

on June 30, 2020, in Ranchi.

Other achievements

* Recurve Men's Individual, Senior National Archery Championships, India 2014 * Recurve Men's Team, Asian Archery Grand Prix, Thailand, 2013. Rahul Banerjee and Binod Swansi">Rahul_Banerjee_(archer).html" ;"title="ith Rahul Banerjee (archer)">Rahul Banerjee and Binod Swansiref name=":1"> * Recurve Mixed Team, Asian Archery Grand Prix, Thailand, 2013 [with Bombayla Devi Laishram]. * Recurve Men's Individual, Asian Archery Grand Prix, Thailand, 2013. * Recurve Mixed Team, 3rd Asian Grand Prix, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2011 [with Rimil Buriuly]. * Bronze Medalist, Recurve Men's Team, 3rd Asian Grand Prix, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2011 * Recurve Men's Individual, 3rd Asian Grand Prix, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2011 * Recurve Men's Team, 34th National Games, Jamshedpur, India 2011 * Recurve Men's Team, 31st Sahara Senior National Archery Championships, Vijaywada, India 2011 * Recurve Junior Men's Team Men, Youth World Championship, Poland 2011 * Recurve Boys' Team, 33rd Junior National Archery Championships, New Delhi, India 2010

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Das, Atanu 1992 births Living people Archers from Kolkata Indian male archers Archers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Archers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic archers of India Archers at the 2014 Asian Games Archers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for India World Archery Championships medalists Recipients of the Arjuna Award