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{{short description|Indian archer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|image= Portrait of Chekrovolü Swüro.jpg
|nationality= [[India]]n
|country= [[India]]
|sport= [[Archery]]
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|11|21}}
|birth_place = [[Dzülhami]], [[Phek District]], Nagaland
}}
[[File:The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Arjuna Award to Ms. Chekrovolu Swuro for Archery, at the National Sports & Adventure awards ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi on August 31, 2013.jpg|thumb|The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Arjuna Award to Ms. Chekrovolü Swüro for Archery, at the National Sports & Adventure awards ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi on 31 August 2013]]

'''Chekrovolü Swüro''' (born 21 November 1982) is an Indian [[Archery|archer]] from [[Nagaland]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mittalchampionstrust.com/archery/chekrovolu-swuro/ |title=Chekrovolu Swuro |access-date=1 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215725/http://mittalchampionstrust.com/archery/chekrovolu-swuro/ |archive-date=4 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She represented India in archery in the [[2002 Asian Games]] and [[2006 Asian Games]] held at [[Busan]], [[South Korea]], and [[Doha]], [[Qatar]], respectively. She was a member of the silver medal-winning team in the [[2011 World Archery Championships]], held at [[Turin]], [[Italy]].<ref>[http://www.india-north-east.com/2012/07/chekrovolu-swuro-second-olympian-from.html Chekrovolu Swuro - the second Olympian from Nagaland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423030151/http://www.india-north-east.com/2012/07/chekrovolu-swuro-second-olympian-from.html |date=23 April 2016 }}, ''India-north-east.com''</ref> By winning a silver medal in the team event at the [[2011 World Archery Championships]] in [[Turin]], she qualified for the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in both women's individual and team archery.<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography of Chekrovolu Swuro|url=http://www.opex.nic.in/index4.asp?ssslid=68&subsubsublinkid=15|publisher=opex.nic.in|accessdate=10 July 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213427/http://www.opex.nic.in/index4.asp?ssslid=68&subsubsublinkid=15|archivedate=4 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Indian archers seem poised for medals at olympics|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/london-olympics-2012/news/Indian-archers-seem-poised-for-medals-at-Olympics/articleshow/14727654.cms|work=The Times of India|accessdate=10 July 2012}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Swüro lives in [[Chümoukedima]], [[Nagaland]]. She serves as Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in the Nagaland Armed Police (NAP). Her elder sister, [[Vesüzolü S. Vadeo]], was a former national archer. She has been competing at the international level for more than a decade, during which she has won many medals. Swüro represented India at the [[2012 London Olympic Games]]. She is the second Naga athlete to participate in the Olympics after a gap of 64 years.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indian archers seem poised for medals at olympics|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/london-olympics-2012/news/Indian-archers-seem-poised-for-medals-at-Olympics/articleshow/14727654.cms|work=The Times of India|accessdate=10 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Chekrovolu Swuro: A Role Model For Young Nagas|url=http://www.nagajournal.com/featured/chekrovolu-swuro-a-role-model-for-young-nagas/5789|accessdate=10 July 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717002220/http://www.nagajournal.com/featured/chekrovolu-swuro-a-role-model-for-young-nagas/5789|archivedate=17 July 2012}}</ref>

==Awards and recognition==
* [[Arjuna Award]] 2013

==Career in Archery==
2001 12th Asian Archery Championship Hong Kong; Indv. Qtr Final 
2002 2nd Asian Archery Championship, China; Indv. Qtr Final 
2002 14th Asian Games, Bhusan, Korea ; Indv. Qtr Final 
2003 13th Asian Archery Championship, Myanmar; Team 
2005 World Archery Championship Madrid, Spain ; Team 
2005 Asian Archery Championship New Delhi, India; Team Bronze 
2006 Commonwealth Archery Champ. Jamshedpur, India; Team Gold 
2006 Asian Games, Doha, Qatar; Participated 
2007 15th Asian Archery Championship, China; Team Bronze 
2007 World Cup Stage IV, Dover, Great Britain; Team Bronze 
2007 World Archery Championship, Dover, Great Britain; Participated 
2009 16th Asian Archery Championship, Bali, Indonesia, Team 4th Position 
2011 World Cup Stage 2, Antalya, Turkey; Team Bronze 
2011 World Archery Championship, Turin, Italy; Team Silver 
2011 World cup Stage 3, Turin, Italy ; Team Silver 
2012 Summer Olympics in both women's individual and team archery; Participated<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nagalandjournal.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/chekrovolu-swuro-a-profile/|title=Chekrovolu Swuro (A Profile) |date=24 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003212132/https://nagalandjournal.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/chekrovolu-swuro-a-profile/ |accessdate= 25 August 2015|archive-date=3 October 2016 }}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:People from Dimapur district]]
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[[Category:21st-century Indian women]]
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