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{{short description|Indian archer}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| image = Bombayla Devi.jpg
| caption = Laishram in 2012
| alt = Laishram smiling hard at the camera in a blue jersey.
| name = Bombayla Devi Laishram
| nickname = Bom
| nationality = [[India]]n
| country = [[India]]
| sport = [[Archery]]
| birth_place = [[Imphal East district|Imphal East]], [[Manipur]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|02|22}}
| residence = [[Imphal]], Manipur
| recognition = [[Padma Shri]]</be>[[Arjuna Award]]
| national_team = [[India Olympic archery team|India]]
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's [[Target archery|archery]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Archery Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2011 World Archery Championships|2011 Torino]] |Recurve team}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FITA Archery World Cup|World Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2015 Archery World Cup|2015 Wroclaw]] |Recurve team}}
{{MedalGold| [[2013 FITA Archery World Cup|2013 Medellin]] |Recurve team}}
{{MedalGold| [[2013 FITA Archery World Cup|2013 Wroclaw]] |Recurve team}}
{{MedalGold| [[2011 FITA Archery World Cup|2011 Shanghai]] |Recurve team}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2016 Archery World Cup|2016 Shanghai]] |Recurve team}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2014 FITA Archery World Cup|2014 Antalya]] |Recurve team}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2012 FITA Archery World Cup|2012 Shanghai]] |Recurve team}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2011 FITA Archery World Cup|2011 Ogden]] |Recurve team}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2010 FITA Archery World Cup|2010 Ogden]] |Recurve team}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2014 FITA Archery World Cup|2014 Medellin]] |Recurve team}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2011 FITA Archery World Cup|2011 Antalya]] |Recurve team}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2009 FITA Archery World Cup|2009 Antalya]] |Recurve team}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2007 FITA Archery World Cup|2007 Dover]] |Recurve team}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]] | [[Archery at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's recurve team|Recurve team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2010 Asian Games|2010 Guangzhou]] | Recurve team}}
}}

'''Bombayla Devi Laishram''' (born 22 February 1985) is an [[India]]n [[archery|archer]]. A member of the national [[recurve bow|recurve]] team representing India at the [[Target archery|international events]] since 2007, she has won a silver medal at the [[World Archery Championships]], and four gold, five silver, and four bronze medals at various editions of the [[Archery World Cup]]. Laishram peaked at no. 14 in the world rankings in March 2009.

Born in [[Imphal East district|Imphal East]], [[Manipur]], Laishram began playing archery at the age of 11 and joined the [[Sports Authority of India]] under the guidance of her father. Having participated at the national level since 1997, she made her international debut in 2007. Laishram played as a regular member of the recurve team that represented India at the international circuit, winning gold medals at the [[2011 FITA Archery World Cup|2011 Shanghai]], and the 2013 [[2013 FITA Archery World Cup|Medellin]], and the [[2013 FITA Archery World Cup|Wroclaw]] World Cup stages. She won her first international individual medal, a bronze at the [[Asian Archery Championships]] in [[2013 Asian Archery Championships|2013]].

Laishram has represented [[India at the Olympics|India]] at the Olympics on three occasions, reaching the pre-quarterfinals twice. She has also won medals at other multi-sporting events, including a gold at the [[2010 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth]] and a bronze at the [[2010 Asian Games|Asian Games]]. Laishram was awarded the [[Arjuna Award]] in 2012 and the [[Padma Shri]] in 2019 by the [[Government of India]] for her contributions to sports.

==Early life==
Laishram was born on 22 February 1985, in Manipur to M. Jamini Devi, a local archery coach and Manglem Singh, the state coach for Manipur’s handball team.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bombayla Laishram Devi|url=https://worldarchery.org/athlete/6127/bombayla-devi-laishram|publisher=[[World Archery Federation]]|access-date=7 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819223050/https://worldarchery.org/athlete/6127/bombayla-devi-laishram|archive-date=19 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/laishram-bombayla-devi-1018641/ |title=Bombayla Devi Laishram – Archery – Olympic Athlete |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]] |access-date=4 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804060738/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/laishram-bombayla-devi-1018641/ |archive-date=4 August 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bombayla Devi Profile: Archery|url=http://indianexpress.com/sports/rio-2016-olympics/bombayla-devi-archery-india-2939539/|website=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=17 August 2016|date=1 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818234810/http://indianexpress.com/sports/rio-2016-olympics/bombayla-devi-archery-india-2939539/|archive-date=18 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> She started archery at the age of 11, and later joined the [[Sports Authority of India]] and started training there.<ref>{{cite web |title=All you need to know about Manipur's Bombayla Devi, Olympian archer |url=https://thenortheasttoday.com/states/manipur/all-you-need-to-know-about-manipurs-bombayla-devi-olympian/cid2554385.htm |date=18 May 2016 |access-date= 10 June 2021}}</ref> Laishram revealed in an interview that she started archery following her family's tradition in the sport.<ref>{{cite web|title=7 Takeaways: Rio 2016 Individual Elimination Day 3|url=https://worldarchery.org/news/143215/7-takeaways-rio-2016-individual-eliminations-day-3|publisher=[[World Archery Federation]]|date=10 August 2016|access-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822020740/https://worldarchery.org/news/143215/7-takeaways-rio-2016-individual-eliminations-day-3|archive-date=22 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> She currently resides in [[Imphal]], Manipur.<ref name="waf">{{cite web|title=Bombayla Laishram Devi|url=https://worldarchery.org/athlete/6127/bombayla-devi-laishram|publisher=[[World Archery Federation]]|access-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819223050/https://worldarchery.org/athlete/6127/bombayla-devi-laishram|archive-date=19 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Career==
===Breakthrough and career-high ranking (2007–2009)===
Laishram's breakthrough came in 2007, when she won{{endash}}as a part of the women's recurve team{{endash}}the bronze medal at the [[2007 Asian Archery Championships]].<ref name="ranking"/> She made her debut at the [[Archery World Cup]] in [[2007 FITA Archery World Cup|2007]]. She was seeded no. 11 after the qualifications rounds, with a total score of 1313; the Indian team consisting of her, [[Dola Banerjee]], and [[Chekrovolu Swuro]] were had the highest collective score. Laishram lost in the second round of the individual discipline, but reached the semifinals in the team event. India lost to Italy, but defeated Poland to win the bronze medal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dover 2007 Archery World Cup Stage 4 |url=https://worldarchery.org/competition/267/dover-2007-archery-world-cup-stage-4#/ |publisher=[[World Archery Federation]] |access-date=4 August 2018}}</ref>

Laishram represented India at the [[2008 Beijing Olympics]] in the women's individual as well as team events. She, along with Banerjee and [[Pranitha Vardhineni]] was ranked sixth in the team event qualifiers. They got a bye in the round of 16, but lost to [[China]] by 206–211 in the quarterfinals. In the individual event, she was ranked 22nd in the qualifiers, but lost to [[Iwona Marcinkiewicz]] of [[Poland]] in the round of 64 in a keenly contested match 101–103.<ref name="bio">{{cite web |url= http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/3/205923.shtml |title=Athlete biography: Laishram Bombayla Devi |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080813074850/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/3/205923.shtml |archive-date=13 August 2008|publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]]|access-date=23 August 2008}}</ref>

Laishram reached her career high ranking of no. 14 in 2009, having won another bronze medal at the [[2007 FITA Archery World Cup|World Cup]], earlier in the year.<ref name="ranking">{{cite web |title=Bombayala Laishram Devi |url=https://extranet.worldarchery.org/biographies/PrintBiography.php?WaId=6127 |publisher=[[World Archery Federation]] |access-date=26 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726160147/https://extranet.worldarchery.org/biographies/PrintBiography.php?WaId=6127 |archive-date=26 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===World Cup and Commonwealth golds (2011–15)===
[[File:Women Archery team.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|Laishram (''first from left'') with teammates at the [[2012 London Olympics]].]]

Laishram was a part of the recurve team that represented India at the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]]; she, Banerjee, and [[Deepika Kumari]] won the Gold medal defeating England in the final.<ref name="road">{{cite web |title=Road to Rio: Bombayla Devi Laishram, the veteran Indian archer looking to end on a high at Olympics 2016 |url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/road-to-rio-bombayla-devi-the-veteran-indian-archer-looking-to-end-on-a-high-at-2016-olympics-2923602.html |website=[[Firstpost]] |access-date=26 July 2018 |date=31 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129180511/http://www.firstpost.com/sports/road-to-rio-bombayla-devi-the-veteran-indian-archer-looking-to-end-on-a-high-at-2016-olympics-2923602.html |archive-date=29 November 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Beginning 2011, Laishram won a medal at every [[Archery World Cup]] until 2016; the run included the gold medal at the [[2011 FITA Archery World Cup|2011 Shanghai World Cup]], where the Indian recurve team beat Italy in the final. The Indian team was the no. 1 seed in the tournament, as they had finished at the top in the qualifications stage. Laishram, herself, was placed at no. 8 in the individual qualification round. She lost in the second of the knock-out stages to Mexico's Avitia Mariana in a shootout.<ref name="ranking"/><ref name="2011wc">{{cite web |title=Shanghai 2011 Archery World Cup Stage 4 |url=https://worldarchery.org/competition/400/shanghai-2011-archery-world-cup-stage-4#/ |publisher=[[World Archery Federation]] |access-date=26 July 2018}}</ref> Earlier in 2011, Laishram had won the bronze and silver medals in the recurve team event at the Second (held at [[Antalya, Turkey]]) and Third (held at [[Ogden, Utah]]) stages of the World Cup respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=Antalya 2011 Archery World Cup Stage 2 |url=https://worldarchery.org/competition/385/antalya-2011-archery-world-cup-stage-2#/ |publisher=[[World Archery Federation]] |access-date=26 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ogden 2011 Archery World Cup Stage 3 |url=https://worldarchery.org/competition/395/ogden-2011-archery-world-cup-stage-3#/ |publisher=[[World Archery Federation]] |access-date=26 July 2018}}</ref>

At the [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London Olympics]], she bowed out in the second round of the women’s individual recurve event losing 2–6 to Mexico’s [[Aída Román]] on 30 July 2012.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/article3703365.ece| title=Bombayla bows out in pre-quarters| date=30 July 2012| location=Chennai, India| work=[[The Hindu]]| access-date=30 July 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801063243/http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/article3703365.ece| archive-date=1 August 2012| url-status=live| df=dmy-all}}</ref> In the team event, India lost in the first round 211–210 to Denmark.<ref>{{Cite web|title = team (FITA Olympic round – 70m) women results – Archery – London 2012 Olympics|url = http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/archery/team-fita-olympic-round-70m-w|publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]]|access-date = 3 October 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140607113906/http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/archery/team-fita-olympic-round-70m-w|archive-date = 7 June 2014|url-status = live|df = dmy-all}}</ref> Laishram won her first individual medal in November 2013 at the [[2013 Asian Archery Championships|Asian Archery Championships]], finishing in the third place.<ref>{{cite web |title=18th Asian Archery Championships 2013 |url=http://www.ianseo.net/TourData/2013/482/MEDLST.pdf |publisher=[[World Archery Federation]] |access-date=26 July 2018}}</ref>

===Rio Olympics and beyond (2016–present)===
Laishram was the part of the team that qualified for [[Archery at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team|2016 Rio Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news|title=2016 Rio Olympics: Indian men's archery team faces last chance to make cut|url=http://zeenews.india.com/sports/2016-rio-olympics-indian-mens-archery-team-faces-last-chance-to-make-cut_1894321.html|access-date=8 August 2016|publisher=[[Zee News]]|date=11 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823170151/http://zeenews.india.com/sports/2016-rio-olympics-indian-mens-archery-team-faces-last-chance-to-make-cut_1894321.html|archive-date=23 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The Indian women's recursive team, consisting of Laishram, Kumari and [[Laxmirani Majhi]], finished 7th in the ranking round. The team won their match against [[Colombia]] in the round of 16 before losing the quarterfinal match against [[Russia]].<ref>{{cite news|title=India women’s archery team of Deepika Kumari, Laxmirani Majhi, Bombayla Devi lose quarter-final against Russia|url=http://indianexpress.com/sports/rio-2016-olympics/india-womens-archery-team-of-deepika-kumari-laxmirani-majhi-bombayla-devi-lose-quarter-final-against-russia-day-2-2960351/|access-date=8 August 2016|work=[[The Indian Express]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807220806/http://indianexpress.com/sports/rio-2016-olympics/india-womens-archery-team-of-deepika-kumari-laxmirani-majhi-bombayla-devi-lose-quarter-final-against-russia-day-2-2960351/|archive-date=7 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

Bombayla Devi Laishram faced [[Laurence Baldauff]] of [[Austria]] in the Women's Individual Round of 64 encounter in the 2016 Olympics, she won the match 6–2 and progressed to the next round. In the Round of 32, Bombayla Devi faced [[Lin Shih-chia]] of [[Chinese Taipei]]. She won the match 6–2 and advanced to the Round of 16.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportscafe.in/articles/sports/2016/aug/11/rio-2016-archers-and-boxer-manoj-kumar-dazzle-while-jitu-rai-falters|title=Rio 2016 – Archers and boxer Manoj Kumar dazzle, while Jitu Rai falters|date=10 August 2016|work=Sportscafe|access-date=11 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917010246/https://sportscafe.in/articles/sports/2016/aug/11/rio-2016-archers-and-boxer-manoj-kumar-dazzle-while-jitu-rai-falters|archive-date=17 September 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> However, she was not able to get past [[Alejandra Valencia]] of [[Mexico]] in the round of 16 and she lost with a score of 2 against 6.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bombayla Devi, Deepika Kumari bow out of Rio 2016 Olympics|url=http://indianexpress.com/sports/rio-2016-olympics/bombayla-devi-deepika-kumari-bow-out-of-india-archery-day-6-2968789/|access-date=12 August 2016|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=11 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812020538/http://indianexpress.com/sports/rio-2016-olympics/bombayla-devi-deepika-kumari-bow-out-of-india-archery-day-6-2968789/|archive-date=12 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Awards and recognition==
In 2012, the [[Government of India]] awarded Laishram with the [[Arjuna Award]], India's second highest sporting honour.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sports ministry announces 25 Arjuna awards for this year|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/sports-ministry-announces-25-arjuna-awards-for-this-year-112082002003_1.html|website=[[Business Standard]]|access-date=17 August 2016|date=20 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822122916/http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/sports-ministry-announces-25-arjuna-awards-for-this-year-112082002003_1.html|archive-date=22 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> She was later awarded the fourth highest national civilian honour, the [[Padma Shri]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=President Ram Nath Kovind confers Padma Awards - Full list and photos of awardees inside|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/president-ram-nath-kovind-padma-awards-full-list-photos-of-awardees-inside-kader-khan-kuldip-nayar-prabhu-deva/380284|website=[[Times Now]]|access-date=11 March 2019 |date=11 March 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{World Archery}}

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