Abhishek Verma (archer)
Abhishek Verma (Hindi: अभिषेक वर्मा, born 26 June 1989) is an Indian archer. At the 2014 Asian Games at Incheon, he won the gold medal in the men's compound archery team event along with Rajat Chauhan and Sandeep Kumar, and the silver medal in the men's individual compound event.[1][2] On 15 August 2015, he won a gold medal in the compound men's individual section at the Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Wroclaw, Poland.[3] On 25 October 2015, he won the silver medal in the compound men's individual section at the Archery World Cup Final in Mexico city.[4]
The President Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Arjuna Award for the year-2014 to Abhishek Verma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 26 June 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) (2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) (2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Archery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest world ranking | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 28 October 2015. |
The Indian women’s compound team, that was composed of Abhishek Verma, Chinna Raju Srither and Amanjeet Sing, won bronze on the penultimate day of the archery World Cup stage one championship in Shanghai, after defeating Colombia for 226-221.[5]
Abhishek Verma works as Income Tax Inspector in the Income Tax Department.[6]
Awards
- Arjuna Award (2014)
References
- "Asian Games 2014: Indian men's compound team wins gold; women settle for bronze". Hindustan Times. 27 September 2014. Archived from the original on 27 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- "Asian Games LIVE: Indian men's compound archery team wins historic gold; women settle for bronze". Dattaraj Thaly. Zee News. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- "Abhishek Verma earns India gold in Archery World Cup". Times of India.
- "Abhishek Verma Makes History in Archery World Cup Final, Becomes First Indian to Win Silver Medal in Compound". NDTVSports.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- "Indian men's team wins Compound gold in World Cup archery". Hindustan Times. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- "Shri Sushil Chandra, Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), felicitates Abhishek Verma, Income Tax Inspector at New Delhi, for India's bronze Medal at World Championship of Compound Archery, Shanghai". PIB. 24 May 2017.