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| name = Laxmirani Majhi<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|1|26|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Bagula]], [[Ghatshila]], [[Jharkhand]]<br />
| residence = [[Ghatshila]], [[Jharkhand]]<br />
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| country = {{flagcountry|India}}<br />
| sport = [[Archery]]<br />
| event = [[Recurve bow|recurve]]<br />
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{{MedalSport|Women's [[Target archery|archery]]}}<br />
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{{MedalCompetition|[[World Archery Championships|World Championships]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver| [[2015 World Archery Championships|2015 Copenhagen]] |Women's Team}}<br />
| updated = 10 September 2015<br />
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'''Laxmirani Majhi''' (born 26 January 1989) is an Indian female right handed [[Recurve bow|recurve]] [[archery|archer]].<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
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Laxmi is from the Santhal tribe; she grew up in Bagula village in [[East Singhbhum district]], [[Jharkhand]]. Her first chance to become an archer was offered to her when the selectors for the archery academy visited her Government School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unicef.in/PressReleases/340/Laxmirani-Majhi-Archer|title=Laxmirani Majhi, Archer - UNICEF|publisher=}}</ref> Laxmi work with Indian Railways in [[Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150801/jsp/jharkhand/story_34712.jsp#.V2rLSPnR_bg|title=Shooting Olympics arrow|publisher=}}</ref><br />
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== Achievements ==<br />
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She competed in the [[2015 World Archery Championships – Women's Individual Recurve|individual recurve event]] and the [[2015 World Archery Championships]] – <br />
She also finished 4th in the Individual Event, losing out on the Bronze Medal. In [[Women's Team Recurve]] event, she won the silver medal at the [[2015 World Archery Championships]] in [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2015 World Archery Championships: Entries by country| pages=7–18|url=http://www.ianseo.net/TourData/2015/539/BOOK.pdf|publisher=ianseo.net|accessdate=26 August 2015}}</ref><br />
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She 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|accessdate=8 August 2016|publisher=Zee News|date=11 June 2016}}</ref> The Indian women's recurve team, consisting of Laxmirani Majhi, [[Bombayla Devi Laishram]] and [[Deepika Kumari]], 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/|accessdate=8 August 2016|publisher=Indian Express}}</ref><br />
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In the [[Archery at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's individual|individual event]], she ranked 43rd in the ranking round. She then lost to [[Alexandra Longová]] of [[Slovakia]] in the round of 64.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rio Olympics 2016: Laxmirani Majhi crashes out of women's individual archery event|url=http://www.firstpost.com/sports/rio-olympics-2016-laxmirani-majhi-crashes-out-of-womens-individual-archery-event-2943218.html|accessdate=9 August 2016|publisher=First Post|date=8 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{World Archery}}<br />
* {{cite news |url=http://indianexpress.com/sports/rio-2016-olympics/laxmirani-majhi-archery-india-2939451/ |title=Laxmirani Majhi Profile: Archery |work=Indian Express}}<br />
* {{cite news |url=http://www.firstpost.com/sports/road-to-rio-laxmirani-majhi-the-indian-women-archer-looking-to-script-a-fairytale-at-2016-olympics-2914912.html |title=Road to Rio: Archer Laxmirani Majhi aims to script a fairytale at Olympics |work=First Post}}<br />
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[[Category:Archers at the 2014 Asian Games]]<br />
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[[Category:People from Asansol]]<br />
[[Category:People from East Singhbhum district]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic archers of India]]<br />
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