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

Archery in India
Country India
Governing bodyArchery Association of India
National team(s)See below
International competitions
Paralympic Games Gold x1 Silver x0 Bronze x2
World Championships Gold x3 Silver x9 Bronze x3
World Cup Gold x35 Silver x41 Bronze x42
Asian Games Gold x6 Silver x6 Bronze x7
Commonwealth Games Gold x3 Silver x1 Bronze x4

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.

Medal table

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Total
Paralympic Games 1 0 2 3
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 48 57 58 163
  • Updated till 5th August, 2024

Current rankings

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Recurve

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Notable performance at Olympics

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Year Event Player Result Rank
2004
Women's team Dola Banerjee
Reena Kumari
Sumangala Sharma
Quarter-finals 5
2008
Women's team Dola Banerjee
Bombayala Devi
Pranitha Vardhineni
Quarter-finals 6
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

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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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Indian women archers look for Olympic medal". The Times of India. April 9, 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  2. ^ Idol Dola becomes an icon- Hindustan Times[permanent dead link]
  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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