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| Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 January 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paralympic athletics, Para-archery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Men's Individual Compound Open | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Kuldeep Vedwan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rakesh Kumar (born 13 January 1985) [1] is an Indian Paralympian archer [2] competing in the Men's Individual Compound Open.
He represented India at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, held in Tokyo, Japan. [3] [4] 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. [5] [6] Kumar is the highest-ranked compound archer in India with a world rankings of No. 11. [3]
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. [3]
He was trained at the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board's Sports Complex and he is native of Katra, Jammu. [7] In September 2021, the Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha felicitated Rakesh Kumar for his performance in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. [8] [7]
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