Archery in India

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Archery in India
Governing body Archery Association of India

The national Indian governing body of archery as a sport in India is the Archery Association of India.

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Deepika Kumari is the first Indian archer to achieve World Number 1 rank in women's individual recurve. She achieved this feat on 14 June in 2012. She again achieved the feat by reaching #1 rank on 28 June 2021. She has won an individual gold medal in archery at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, beating Olympic bronze medalist Alison Williamson. [1] She has also won 5 medals in World Cup Finals which include 4 individual silver medal. She has also won 2 silver medals in World Archery Championships as part of the women's recurve team.

Dola Banerjee became first Indian world champion in archery by winning the gold medal in the women's individual recurve competition at the Archery World Cup Final held at Dubai in November 2007. Dola Banerjee is the second woman archer to be honored with the Arjuna award by the Government of India in 2005. [2] In Commonwealth Games 2010 in New Delhi, she won gold medal in women's team recurve with Deepika Kumari.

Rajat Chauhan is the first Indian archer to win a silver medal in men's individual compound event in World Archery Championships. He achieved this feat at 2015 World Archery Championships.

Jyothi Surekha Vennam is the first India female archer to win an individual medal in women's individual compound event in World Archery Championships. She won a bronze medal at 2019 World Archery Championships.

Rahul Banerjee won a gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, in the individual recurve event and a team bronze medal. [3] Banerjee received the Arjuna Award in 2011. [4]

Another notable Indian archer is three-time Olympian Limba Ram. Ram set a world record in 1992 at the Asian Archery Championships held that year in Beijing.


Notable Performances

Total medals won by Indian Archers in Major tournaments

CompetitionGoldSilverBronzeTotal
World Championships 39315
World Cup Finals 17311
World Cup 343439107
Asian Games 66719
Commonwealth Games 3148
Total425454150

Notable Performance at Summer Olympics

YearEventPlayerResultRank
2004
Women's team Dola Banerjee
Reena Kumari
Sumangala Sharma
Quarter-finals-
2008
Women's team Dola Banerjee
Bombayala Devi
Pranitha Vardhineni
Quarter-finals-
2016
Women's team Deepika Kumari
Bombayla Devi
Laxmirani Majhi
Quarter-finals-
2020
Mixed team Deepika Kumari
Pravin Jadhav
Quarter-finals6
Men's team Atanu Das
Pravin Jadhav
Tarundeep Rai
Quarter-finals8
Women's individual Deepika Kumari Quarter-finals8

Current Rankings

Recurve