Rakesh Kumar (born 13 January 1985) is an Indian

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archer competing in the Men's Individual Compound Open.

Career

He represented India at the

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, held in Tokyo,

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. He won a gold medal in the men's compound open section of the 7th Fazza Para Archery World Ranking Tournament, which was held in Dubai in February 2021. Kumar is the highest-ranked compound archer in India with a world rankings of No. 11. Rakesh was part of the team that won a gold medal in the team competition at the European Circuit 2nd leg in the year 2018 and won a bronze medal in the mixed team event at the 5th Fazza Para Archery World Ranking Tournament in the year 2019. He was trained at the

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's Sports Complex and he is native of Katra, Jammu. In September 2021, the

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of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha felicitated Rakesh Kumar for his performance in the

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* * 1985 births Living people Indian male archers Paralympic archers for India Archers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2022 Asian Para Games {{Paralympics-stub

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