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
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. His students
Ritul Chatterjee and
Chittibomma Jignas won silver medals in the
Archery compound team event at the
2010 Commonwealth Games
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at New Delhi.
He died at the age of 26 in a road collision near
Ibrahimpatnam
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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
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