India Olympic archery team
India first entered an archery team for the Summer Olympic games in 1988, at the Seoul Summer games.[1]
India entered three archers at the 2004 Athens Olympics[2] and four at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.[3]
India will be entering a six person archery team in the London 2012 Olympics.[4] [5] [6] [7]
| # | Athlete | Date of Birth (age) | Club | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jayanta Talukdar | 2 March 1986 | Tata Archery Academy | |||||
| 2 | Rahul Banerjee[7] | 15 December 1986 | Railways | |||||
| 3 | Tarundeep Rai | 22 February 1984 | Railways | |||||
| 4 | Deepika Kumari[6] | 13 June 1994 | Tata Archery Academy | |||||
| 5 | Bombayala Devi | 22 February 1985 | Railways | |||||
| 6 | Chekrovolu Swuro | 21 November 1982 | Railways | |||||
| 7 | Limba Ram(Coach) | 30 January 1972 | Archery Association of India | |||||
| 8 | Purnima Mahato(Coach) | 15 August 1976 | Tata Archery Academy | |||||
| 9 | Ravi Shankar(Coach) | 5 February 1971 | Indian Army | |||||
| 10 | Paresh Nath Mukherjee(Manager) | 2 June 1946 | Archery Association of India | |||||
References
- ^ http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1988/ARC/%7Ctitle=India Archery at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games|publisher=Sports-Reference|accessdate=23 July 2012}}
- ^ "Indian archers qualify for Athens Olympics". Times of India. 20 July 2003. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ^ "India Archery at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games". Sports-Reference. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ^ http://post.jagran.com/Deepika-leads-Indian-archers-Olympic-dream-in-London-1341493110
- ^ "Sport / Other Sports : Warm send-off for Indian archery squad". The Hindu. 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
- ^ a b http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/kids/article3672725.ece
- ^ a b http://olympicgoldquest.in/index.php?option=com_phocagallery&view=category&id=2&Itemid=2&cid=30