Archery in India

For historical Indian archery traditions, see Dhanurveda.

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

Archery in India
Governing body	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	42	54	54	150

Notable Performance at Summer Olympics

Year	Event	Player	Result	Rank
2004
	Women's team	Dola Banerjee Reena Kumari Sumangala Sharma	Quarter-finals	-
2008
	Women's team	Dola Banerjee Bombayala Devi Pranitha Vardhineni	Quarter-finals	-
2016
	Women's team	Deepika Kumari Bombayla Devi Laxmirani Majhi	Quarter-finals	-
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

Current Rankings

Recurve

Men's individual recurve Rankings at 15 August 2021 Change 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 Change 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

See also Archery Association of India Deepika Kumari Dola Banerjee Jyothi Surekha Vennam Bombayla Devi Laishram Rajat Chauhan Abhishek Verma Tarundeep Rai Jayanta Talukdar Atanu Das Rahul Banerjee Limba Ram Sanjeeva Kumar Singh Indian Archers 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 of Archery Association of India