Archery in India

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Archery in India
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
Governing body Archery Association of India
National team(s) See below
International competitions
Paralympic Games Gold medal Paralympics.svg x1 Silver medal Paralympics.svg x0 Bronze medal Paralympics.svg x2
World Championships Gold medal world centered-2.svg x3 Silver medal world centered-2.svg x9 Bronze medal world centered-2.svg x3
World Cup Gold medal world centered-2.svg x35 Silver medal world centered-2.svg x41 Bronze medal world centered-2.svg x42
Asian Games Gold medal asia.svg x6 Silver medal asia.svg x6 Bronze medal asia.svg x7
Commonwealth Games Gold medal world centered-2.svg x3 Silver medal world centered-2.svg x1 Bronze medal world centered-2.svg x4

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.

Medal table

CompetitionGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Paralympic Games 1023
World Championships 39315
World Cup Finals 17311
World Cup 343439107
Asian Games 66719
Commonwealth Games 3148
Total485758163

Current rankings

Recurve

Notable performance at Olympics

YearEventPlayerResultRank
2004
Women's team Dola Banerjee
Reena Kumari
Sumangala Sharma
Quarter-finals5
2008
Women's team Dola Banerjee
Bombayala Devi
Pranitha Vardhineni
Quarter-finals6
2016
Women's team Deepika Kumari
Bombayla Devi
Laxmirani Majhi
Quarter-finals7
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
2024
Mixed team Dhiraj Bommadevara
Ankita Bhakat
Semi-finals4
Men's team Dhiraj Bommadevara
Tarundeep Rai
Pravin Ramesh Jadhav
Quarter-finals5
Women's team Bhajan Kaur
Deepika Kumari
Ankita Bhakat
Quarter-finals5
Women's individual Deepika Kumari Quarter-finals8

List of National Sports award recipients in Archery, showing the year, award, and gender

YearRecipientAwardGender
1981 Krishna Das Arjuna AwardFemale
1989 Shyam Lal Meena Arjuna AwardMale
1991 Limba Ram Arjuna AwardMale
1992 Sanjeeva Kumar Singh Arjuna AwardMale
2005 Dola Banerjee Arjuna AwardFemale
2005 Tarundeep Rai Arjuna AwardMale
2006 Jayanta Talukdar Arjuna AwardMale
2009 Mangal Singh Champia Arjuna AwardMale
2011 Rahul Banerjee Arjuna AwardMale
2012 Bombayla Devi Laishram Arjuna AwardFemale
2012 Deepika Kumari Arjuna AwardFemale
2013 Chekrovolu Swuro Arjuna AwardFemale
2014 Abhishek Verma Arjuna AwardMale
2015 Sandeep Kumar Arjuna AwardMale
2016 Rajat Chauhan Arjuna AwardMale
2017 Jyothi Surekha Vennam Arjuna AwardFemale
2020 Atanu Das Arjuna AwardMale
2018 Satyadev Prasad Dhyan Chand AwardMale
2019C. LalremsangaDhyan Chand AwardMale
2007 Sanjeeva Kumar Singh Dronacharya AwardMale
2013 Purnima Mahato Dronacharya AwardFemale
2020Dharmendra Tiwary+Dronacharya AwardMale
2022Jiwanjot Singh TejaDronacharya AwardMale
Key
   + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour

See also

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