Laxmirani Majhi (born 26 January 1989) is an Indian female right handed recurve archer.

Early life

Laxmi is from the Santhal tribe; she grew up in Bagula village in

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. Her first chance to become an archer was offered to her when the selectors for the archery academy visited her Government School. Laxmi work with Indian Railways in

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Achievements

She competed in the individual recurve event and the

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– She also finished 4th in the Individual Event, losing out on the Bronze Medal. In Women's Team Recurve event, she won the silver medal at the

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. She was the part of the team that qualified for

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. The Indian women's recurve team, consisting of Laxmirani Majhi, Bombayla Devi Laishram and Deepika Kumari, finished 7th in the ranking round. The team won their match against

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in the round of 16 before losing the quarterfinal match against

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. In the individual event, she ranked 43rd in the ranking round. She then lost to

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in the round of 64.

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* * * Indian female archers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 1989 births Sportswomen from Jharkhand Archers at the 2014 Asian Games World Archery Championships medalists People from Asansol People from East Singhbhum district Olympic archers of India Archers at the 2016 Summer Olympics 21st-century Indian women 21st-century Indian people Archers from Jharkhand Archers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for India {{India-archery-bio-stub