Mohammad Ruman Shana ( bn, রোমান সানা; born 8 June 1995) is a Bangladeshi

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. He won the bronze medal in recurve single's event of 2019 World Archery Championships and became the first Bangladeshi archer in history to win a medal in the competition. He lives in

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. Shana won gold in the men's singles recurve category at the 2019 Asia Cup in the

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Early life

Ruman born to the family of Abdul Gafur Shana and Beauty Begom and passed his childhood at Koyra village in

. He used to play with arrow-bow made by bamboo during his school days. In an interview with BDnews24, he said that he was not much attentive to his school, instead, he used to remain busy playing football. However, he later opted to try his hand in archery when he was a student of class eight.

Career

Ruman won the gold medal in the First Asian Grand Prix 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand. He won another gold medal in the International Archery Tournament 2017, Bishkek,

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. In 2019, he won three international medal with first one- a silver medal- came in the ISSF International Solidarity Archery Championships. After that, he won a bronze in the 2019 World Archery Championships, and later, Roman won a gold medal in the Asia Cup ranking tournament. 23 May 2021, he along with

Diya Siddique Diya Siddique (born 19 February 2004) is a Bangladeshi archer. On 23 May 2021, she along with Ruman Shana claimed silver medal in the recurve mixed team event during the 2021 Archery World Cup where Bangladesh emerged as runners-up to Netherland ...

claimed silver medal in the recurve mixed team event during the

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where Bangladesh emerged as runners-up to Netherlands in the final. Despite losing the final 5–1, it was the best performance by Bangladesh at an Archery World Championship. It also marked the first instance whereas Bangladesh managed to reach final in an event of

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shana, Roman 1995 births Living people Bangladeshi male archers World Archery Championships medalists Asian Games competitors for Bangladesh Archers at the 2014 Asian Games Archers at the 2018 Asian Games Olympic archers for Bangladesh Archers at the 2020 Summer Olympics South Asian Games gold medalists for Bangladesh South Asian Games medalists in archery Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Bangladesh Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in archery Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Sportspeople from Khulna Division People from Khulna District 21st-century Bengalis