Pranitha Vardhineni is an Indian Recurve

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Early years

Pranitha Vardhineni was introduced to archery during her school years at th
Rural Development Foundation
s 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 th
Sports 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 archery competitions and secured a medal in twelve of them.

2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing

Pranitha Vardhineni represented India in the women's individual and team archery events at the

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. In the individual event, she was ranked 31st in the qualifiers. She defeated

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by 106-100 in the round of 64, but lost to

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by 99-106 in the round of 32.Athlete biography: Pranitha Vardhineni
beijing2008.cn, ret: 23 August 2008 She teamed up with

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and

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in the team event. They were ranked sixth in the qualifiers. They got a bye in the round of 16, but lost to

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by 206-211 in the quarterfinals.

External links

* http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/khalleda-school-churning-out-champion-archers/article3068236.ece * https://web.archive.org/web/20090703061042/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2008/06/30/stories/2008063053081800.htm * http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/Dola-Pranitha-make-it-to-Beijing/article15251424.ece * https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/taut-as-a-bow-string/238132 * https://web.archive.org/web/20180304090836/http://www.olympic.ind.in/images/BeijingOlympics.pdf * http://www.indianarchery.info/othdocs/Circulars/SGR_0809.pdf * https://web.archive.org/web/20080816071739/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/0/246190.shtml * https://worldarchery.org/athlete/6289/pranitha-vardhineni

References

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