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:''For historical Indian archery traditions, see [[dhanurveda]]''
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The national [[India]]n 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 14th June in 2012. She again achieved the feat by reaching #1 rank on 28th June 2021. She has won an individual gold medal in archery at the [[Archery at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's recurve individual|2010 Commonwealth Games]], beating Olympic bronze medalist [[Alison Williamson]].<ref name="TOI - 09Apr 2012 - Indian women archers look for Olympic medal">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tournaments/london-olympics/Indian-women-archers-look-for-Olympic-medal/articleshow/12595520.cms|title=Indian women archers look for Olympic medal|date=April 9, 2012|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=5 May 2012}}</ref> 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.[http://www.rediff.com/sports/2007/nov/24dola.htm] Dola Banerjee is the second woman archer to be honored with the [[Arjuna award]] by the [[Government of India]] in 2005.<ref name="ht">[http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=cbe5c184-c8e8-498d-84a5-2504aa318f27&&Headline=Idol%20Dola%20becomes%20an%20icon Idol Dola becomes an icon- Hindustan Times]{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 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 wone a Bronze medal at [[2019 World Archery Championships]].

[[Rahul Banerjee (archer)|Rahul Banerjee]] won a gold medal at the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Delhi]], in the individual recurve event and a team bronze medal.<ref name="toi">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cwgarticleshow/6722578.cms|title=Wrestler Sushil Kumar wins 28th CWG gold for India|date=10 October 2010|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=10 October 2010}}</ref> Banerjee received the [[Arjuna Award]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://zeenews.india.com/news/others/rahul-banerjee-to-get-arjuna-award_721445.html|work=zeenews.india.com| title= Rahul Banerjee to get Arjuna award| date=22 July 2011}}</ref>

Another notable Indian archer is three-time Olympian [[Limba Ram]]. Ram met a world record in 1992 at the [[Asian Archery Championships]] held that year in Beijing.

==Current Rankings==
===Recurve===
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==== Men's individual recurve ====
Rankings at 15 August 2021
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! style="border-bottom:1px solid #aaa; width:10px;"|Change
! style="border-bottom:1px solid #aaa; width:10px;"|Pos
! style="border-bottom:1px solid #aaa; width:250px;"|Athlete
! style="border-bottom:1px solid #aaa; width:30px;"|Points<ref>{{cite web |title=World Rankings |url=https://worldarchery.sport/rankings/world-ranking?category=Recurve%20Men&country=India |website=World Archery |language=en}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f7f6a8"
| style="text-align:center;"| {{increase}} || 6. ||[[Atanu Das]] ||182.5
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| style="text-align:center;"| {{increase}} || 38. || [[Pravin Jadhav]]||95.85
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| style="text-align:center;"| {{increase}} || 51. ||[[Tarundeep Rai]] ||83.5
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| {{increase}} || 162. || [[Atul Verma]] ||28
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| style="text-align:center;"| {{decrease}} || 185. || [[Dhiraj Bommadevara]] ||24.3
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==== Women's individual recurve ====
Rankings at 4 August 2021
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! style="border-bottom:1px solid #aaa; width:30px;"|Points<ref>{{cite web |title=World Rankings |url=https://worldarchery.sport/rankings/world-ranking?category=Recurve%20Women&country=India |website=World Archery |access-date=15 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f7f6a8"
| style="text-align:center;"| {{steady}} || 1. ||[[Deepika Kumari]] || 244.1
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| {{increase}} || 32. || [[Ankita Bhakat]]|| 108.4
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| {{decrease}} || 105. ||[[Komalika Bari]] || 44.3
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| style="text-align:center;"| {{decrease}} || 115. || [[Madhu Vedwan]] || 38.7
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| style="text-align:center;"| {{decrease}} || 121. || [[Bombayla Devi Laishram]] || 36
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==Total medals won by Indian Archers in Major tournaments==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Competition
! Gold
! Silver
! Bronze
! Total
|-
|[[World Archery Championships|World Championships]]
|0
|6
|2
|8
|-
|[[Archery World Cup Finals|World Cup Finals]]
|1
|6
|3
|10
|-
|[[Archery World Cup|World Cup]]
|23
|30
|28
|81
|-
|[[Archery at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|1
|4
|5
|10
|-
|[[Archery at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|3
|1
|4
|8
|-
| Total || '''28''' || '''47''' || '''42''' || '''117'''
|-
|}

== Notable Performance at Summer Olympics ==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Year !! Event !! Player !! Result !! Rank
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|rowspan = "2"|[[Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004]]
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| [[Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's team|Women's team]] || [[Dola Banerjee]] [[Reena Kumari]] [[Sumangala Sharma]] || '''Quarter-finals''' || -
|-
|rowspan = "2"|[[Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008]]
|-
| [[Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team|Women's team]] || [[Dola Banerjee]] [[Bombayala Devi]] [[Pranitha Devi|Pranitha Vardhineni]] || '''Quarter-finals''' || -
|-
|rowspan = "2"|[[Archery at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016]]
|-
| [[Archery at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team|Women's team]] || [[Deepika Kumari]] [[Bombayla Devi]] [[Laxmirani Majhi]] || '''Quarter-finals''' || -
|-
|rowspan = "4"|[[Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020]]
|-
| [[Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Mixed team|Mixed team]] || [[Deepika Kumari]] [[Pravin Jadhav]] || '''Quarter-finals''' || 6
|-
| [[Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's team|Men's team]] || [[Atanu Das]] [[Pravin Jadhav]] [[Tarundeep Rai]] || '''Quarter-finals''' || 8
|-
| [[Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's individual|Women's individual]] || [[Deepika Kumari]] || '''Quarter-finals''' || 8
|}

==See also==
* [[Archery Association of India]]
* [[Deepika Kumari]]
* [[Dola Banerjee]]
* [[Jyothi Surekha Vennam]]
* [[Bombayla Devi Laishram]]
* [[Rajat Chauhan]]
* [[Abhishek Verma (archer)|Abhishek Verma]]
* [[Tarundeep Rai]]
* [[Jayanta Talukdar]]
* [[Atanu Das]]
* [[Rahul Banerjee (archer)|Rahul Banerjee ]]
* [[Limba Ram]]
* [[Sanjeeva Kumar Singh]]
* [[Indian Archer|Indian Archers]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120507171917/http://www.indianarchery.info/index.htm Website] of [[Archery Association of India]]

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