India Olympic archery team

The Indian Olympic archery team competes at the Summer Olympic Games in the sport of archery.

India first entered an archery team for the Summer Olympic Games in 1988, at the Seoul Summer games.[1]

India entered three archers at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics[2]

India entered three archers at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics[3]

India entered six person archery team at the 2004 Athens Olympics[4][5]

India entered four archers at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.[6][7][8][9]

India entered with a six person archery team in the London 2012 Olympics.[10][11][12][13]

In the Rio 2016 Olympics, India's Atanu Das was the only individual from the Men's team to reach the Final, finishing equal 9th.[14] In the Women's individual competition, Bombayla Devi Laishram and Deepika Kumari finished equal 9th and Laxmirani Majhi finished equal 33rd.[15]

London Olympics 2012 Indian archery team members
#AthleteDate of Birth (age)Club
1Jayanta Talukdar (1986-03-02) 2 March 1986Tata Archery Academy
2Rahul Banerjee[13] (1986-12-15) 15 December 1986Railways
3Tarundeep Rai (1984-02-22) 22 February 1984Indian Army
4Deepika Kumari[12] (1994-06-13) 13 June 1994Tata Archery Academy
5Bombayala Devi[7] (1985-02-22) 22 February 1985Mittal Champions Trust
6Chekrovolu Swuro (1982-11-21) 21 November 1982Mittal Champions Trust
7Limba Ram (Coach) (1972-01-30) 30 January 1972Archery Association of India
8Purnima Mahato (Coach) (1976-08-15) 15 August 1976Tata Archery Academy
9Ravi Shankar (Coach) (1971-02-05) 5 February 1971Indian Army
10Paresh Nath Mukherjee (Manager) (1946-06-02) 2 June 1946Archery Association of India

The Indian men's archery team of Jayanta Talukdar, Rahul Banerjee and Tarundeep Rai was knocked out of the London Olympics on the opening day.[16]

Beijing Olympics 2008 Indian archery team members
#AthleteDate of Birth (age)Club
1Mangal Singh Champia[9] (1983-11-09) 9 November 1983Mittal Champions Trust
2Dola Banerjee[8] (1980-06-02) 2 June 1980Railways
3Bombayala Devi[7] (1985-02-22) 22 February 1985Mittal Champions Trust
4Pranitha Vardhineni (1990-11-17) 17 November 1990Railways
5Limba Ram (Coach) (1972-01-30) 30 January 1972Archery Association of India
6Purnima Mahato (Coach) (1976-08-15) 15 August 1976Tata Archery Academy
7Lee Wang Woo (Coach) (1964-02-05) 5 February 1964Mittal Champions Trust
8Kulbir singh Kang (Manager) (1956-06-02) 2 June 1956Archery Association of India

Athens Olympics 2004 Indian archery team members
#AthleteDate of Birth (age)
1Satyadev Prasad (1979-09-19) 19 September 1979
2Tarundeep Rai (1984-02-22) 22 February 1984
3Majhi Sawaiyan (1981-12-23) 23 December 1981
4Dola Banerjee[8] (1980-06-02) 2 June 1980
5Reena kumari[5] (1984-01-15) 15 January 1984
6Sumangala Sharma (1986-12-30) 30 December 1986

Atlanta Olympics 1996 Indian archery team members
#Athlete
1Limba Ram
2Skalzang Dorje
3Lalremsanga Chhangte

Barcelona Olympics 1992 Indian archery team members
#Athlete
1Limba Ram
2Dhulchand Damor
3Lalremsanga Chhangte

Seoul Olympics 1988 Indian archery team members
#Athlete
1Limba Ram
2Shyam Lal
3Sanjeeva Singh
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References
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  9. "Jharkhand olympic association to go all out for Champia". The Times Of India. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
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  12. Srinivasan, Madhumitha (23 July 2012). "India in London". The Hindu. Chennai, India.
  13. http://olympicgoldquest.in/index.php?option=com_phocagallery&view=category&id=2&Itemid=2&cid=30
  14. "Rio 2016 Individual Competition men - Olympic Archery". International Olympic Committee. 2019-03-08. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  15. "Rio 2016 Individual Competition women - Olympic Archery". International Olympic Committee. 2019-03-08. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
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