Archery in India

Archery in India
Archery in India
Governing body	Archery Association of India

The national Indian governing body of archery as a sport in India is the Archery Association of India.

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.[1] 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.

Notable Performances

Total medals won by Indian Archers in Major tournaments

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
World Championships	3	9	3	15
World Cup Finals	1	7	3	11
World Cup	34	34	39	107
Asian Games	6	6	7	19
Commonwealth Games	3	1	4	8
Total	47	57	56	160

updated till 5th August, 2024

Notable Performance at Summer Olympics

Year	Event	Player	Result	Rank
2004
2004	Women's team	Dola Banerjee Reena Kumari Sumangala Sharma	Quarter-finals	5
2008
2008	Women's team	Dola Banerjee Bombayala Devi Pranitha Vardhineni	Quarter-finals	6
2016
2016	Women's team	Deepika Kumari Bombayla Devi Laxmirani Majhi	Quarter-finals	7
2020
	Mixed team	Deepika Kumari Pravin Jadhav	Quarter-finals	6
	Men's team	Atanu Das Pravin Jadhav Tarundeep Rai	Quarter-finals	8
	Women's individual	Deepika Kumari	Quarter-finals	8
2024
	Mixed team	Dhiraj Bommadevara Ankita Bhakat	Semi-finals	4
	Men's team	Dhiraj Bommadevara Tarundeep Rai Pravin Ramesh Jadhav	Quarter-finals	5
	Women's team	Bhajan Kaur Deepika Kumari Ankita Bhakat	Quarter-finals	5
	Women's individual	Deepika Kumari	Quarter-finals	8

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

Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
1981	Krishna Das	Arjuna Award	Female
1989	Shyam Lal Meena	Arjuna Award	Male
1991	Limba Ram	Arjuna Award	Male
1992	Sanjeeva Kumar Singh	Arjuna Award	Male
2005	Dola Banerjee	Arjuna Award	Female
2005	Tarundeep Rai	Arjuna Award	Male
2006	Jayanta Talukdar	Arjuna Award	Male
2009	Mangal Singh Champia	Arjuna Award	Male
2011	Rahul Banerjee	Arjuna Award	Male
2012	Bombayla Devi Laishram	Arjuna Award	Female
2012	Deepika Kumari	Arjuna Award	Female
2013	Chekrovolu Swuro	Arjuna Award	Female
2014	Abhishek Verma	Arjuna Award	Male
2015	Sandeep Kumar	Arjuna Award	Male
2016	Rajat Chauhan	Arjuna Award	Male
2017	Jyothi Surekha Vennam	Arjuna Award	Female
2020	Atanu Das	Arjuna Award	Male
2018	Satyadev Prasad	Dhyan Chand Award	Male
2019	C. Lalremsanga	Dhyan Chand Award	Male
2007	Sanjeeva Kumar Singh	Dronacharya Award	Male
2013	Purnima Mahato	Dronacharya Award	Female
2020	Dharmendra Tiwary ⁺	Dronacharya Award	Male
2022	Jiwanjot Singh Teja	Dronacharya Award	Male

Key
+ Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour

Current Rankings

Recurve

Men's individual recurve

Rankings at 15 August 2021

Pos	Athlete	Points^[5]
6.	Atanu Das	182.5
38.	Pravin Jadhav	95.85
51.	Tarundeep Rai	83.5
162.	Atul Verma	28
185.	Dhiraj Bommadevara	24.3

Women's individual recurve

Rankings at 4 August 2021

Pos	Athlete	Points^[6]
1.	Deepika Kumari	244.1
32.	Ankita Bhakat	108.4
105.	Komalika Bari	44.3
115.	Madhu Vedwan	38.7
121.	Bombayla Devi Laishram	36

References

^ "Indian women archers look for Olympic medal". The Times of India. April 9, 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
^ Idol Dola becomes an icon- Hindustan Times^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Wrestler Sushil Kumar wins 28th CWG gold for India". The Times of India. 10 October 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
^ "Rahul Banerjee to get Arjuna award". zeenews.india.com. 22 July 2011.
^ "World Rankings". World Archery.
^ "World Rankings". World Archery. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

External links

Website of Archery Association of India

[TOI_-_09Apr_2012_-_Indian_women_archers_look_for_Olympic_medal-1] "Indian women archers look for Olympic medal". The Times of India. April 9, 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.

[ht-2] Idol Dola becomes an icon- Hindustan Times^{[permanent dead link]}

[toi-3] "Wrestler Sushil Kumar wins 28th CWG gold for India". The Times of India. 10 October 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010.

[4] "Rahul Banerjee to get Arjuna award". zeenews.india.com. 22 July 2011.

[5] "World Rankings". World Archery.

[6] "World Rankings". World Archery. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

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