Rajat Chauhan

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Rajat Chauhan
Arjuna Award for the year-2016 to Shri Rajat Chauhan for Archery, in New Delhi on August 29, 2016 (cropped).jpg
Personal information
Born (1994-12-30) 30 December 1994 (age 29)
Rajasthan, India
Sport
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
Sport Archery
Medal record
Men's compound archery
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Copenhagen Individual
Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Incheon Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Jakarta Team
Asian Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Bangkok Individual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2015 BangkokTeam
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Dhaka Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Bangkok Team

Rajat Chauhan (born 30 December 1994 [1] ) is an Indian archer. Chauhan won a silver medal in the World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, becoming the first Indian to win an individual medal in compound archery at the World Championships. [2] He won the Gold Medal in the Asian Games 2014 in Incheon in the men's compound archery team event along with Abhishek Verma and Sandeep Kumar. In 2014 he also became the first Indian compound archer to qualify for the Archery World Cup final, and in 2015 reached the final of the 2015 World Archery Championships. [3] [4]

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Other Achievements

Gold medal icon.svg 2015 Asian Archery Championships: Men's Individual [5]

Gold medal icon.svg 2015 Asian Archery Championships: Men's Team [5]

Awards

The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Arjuna Award for the year-2016 to Rajat Chauhan for Archery, in a glittering ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on 29 August 2016 The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Arjuna Award for the year-2016 to Shri Rajat Chauhan for Archery, in a glittering ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on August 29, 2016.jpg
The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Arjuna Award for the year-2016 to Rajat Chauhan for Archery, in a glittering ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on 29 August 2016

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References

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  2. "India's Rajat Chauhan settles for Silver at World Archery Championships". News 18. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  3. "Asian Games 2014: Indian men's compound team wins gold; women settle for bronze". Hindustan Times. 27 September 2014. Archived from the original on 27 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
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