Tarundeep Rai (born 22 February 1984) [1] is an Indian archer from Sikkim. [2] [3] He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2021 by the Government of India for his contribution to sports. He is a three time Olympian.
Tarundeep Rai (born 22 February 1984) [1] is an Indian archer from Sikkim. [2] [3] He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2021 by the Government of India for his contribution to sports. He is a three time Olympian.
Rai was born in Namchi, Sikkim, India. He is supported by a sports NGO, Olympic Gold Quest. [2]
Rai made his international debut in 2003 at the age of 19 years at the Asian Archery Championship 2003 held at Yangon, Myanmar. [4] He won India's maiden individual silver medal at the 16th Asian Games on 24 November 2010 in Guangzhou, China. [5] [6]
Earlier, he was also a member of the Indian team that won a bronze medal at the 15th Asian Games in Doha in 2006. [4]
He became an Olympian taking part in the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he was placed 32nd in the men's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 647. [4] He faced Alexandros Karageorgiou of Greece in the first elimination round and lost 147-143. His final rank was 43. He was also a member of the Indian men's archery team that was place 11th at the 2004 Olympics.
He was out of action for two years in 2007 and 2008 due to a career-threatening shoulder injury. [7] He won a silver medal at the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games in the individual event. [8]
Rai was part of Indian men's recurve team at the 2012 London Olympics. [9] after India took third place in the qualification round at Ogden, US in 2012. [10]
He was a part of the Indian archery team that finished 4th at the 2003 World Championship in New York City. [4] His was also part of the Indian team that won silver medal at the 2005 World Championship in Madrid, Spain. He also became the first Indian to make it to the semifinal round of the World Archery Championship in 2005 where he narrowly lost to Won Jong Choi of South Korea by 106-112 for the bronze medal play-off. [4]
He won three gold medals at South Asian Games in Guwahati and Shillong. [11]
Rai along with Atanu Das and Praveen Jadhav won a quota place and took part in Tokyo Olympics. [12] Due to lockdown, he trained at ASI campus. [13] [14] He reduced 14 kg in six months. [15] [16] He was part of the Indian team that defeated Kazakhstan in round of 16 in the men's team event. Later, they lost to Republic of Korea in the quarterfinals. In the individual event, he defeated Oleksii Hunbin of Ukraine 6-4 in the 1st round but lost to Itay Shanny of Israel in Round 2 in a one arrow shoot-off.
Rai is selected to take part in the 2024 Summer Olympic Games at Paris in both individual and team events. He lost to Tom Hall of England in 1/32 eliminations in the individual match.
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