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Born | Katra, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India | 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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Personal best | 1399 WR (2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 qualified to represent India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics at Paris, [3] his second Olympics. He also won the bronze medal in the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
He represented India at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, held in Tokyo, Japan. [4] [5] 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. [6] [7] Kumar is the highest-ranked compound archer in India with a world rankings of No. 1ref name=newsindian> "Archer Rakesh Kumar overcomes depression, ready to shine at Tokyo Paralympics". New Indian Express . 21 August 2021.</ref>
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. [4]
He was trained at the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board's Sports Complex and he is native of Katra, Jammu. [8] 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. [9] [8]
He also represented India in the 2024 Summer Paralympics, in which he won the bronze medal in the mixed team compound open with Sheetal Devi.
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