Archery in India

For historical Indian archery traditions, see Dhanurveda.

The national Indian governing body of archery as a sport in India is the Archery Association of India.

Archery in India
Country	India
Governing body	Archery Association of India
National team(s)	See below
International competitions
Paralympic Games x1 x0 x2 World Championships x3 x9 x3 World Cup x35 x41 x42 Asian Games x6 x6 x7 Commonwealth Games x3 x1 x4

Deepika Kumari is the first Indian archer to achieve World Number 1 rank in women's individual recurve. She achieved this feat on 14 June in 2012. She again achieved the feat by reaching #1 rank on 28 June 2021. She has won an individual gold medal in archery at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, beating Olympic bronze medalist Alison Williamson.^[1] She has also won 5 medals in World Cup Finals which include 4 individual silver medal. She has also won 2 silver medals in World Archery Championships as part of the women's recurve team.

Dola Banerjee became first Indian world champion in archery by winning the gold medal in the women's individual recurve competition at the Archery World Cup Final held at Dubai in November 2007. Dola Banerjee is the second woman archer to be honored with the Arjuna award by the Government of India in 2005.^[2] In Commonwealth Games 2010 in New Delhi, she won gold medal in women's team recurve with Deepika Kumari.

Rajat Chauhan is the first Indian archer to win a silver medal in men's individual compound event in World Archery Championships. He achieved this feat at 2015 World Archery Championships.

Jyothi Surekha Vennam is the first India female archer to win an individual medal in women's individual compound event in World Archery Championships. She won a bronze medal at 2019 World Archery Championships.

Rahul Banerjee won a gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, in the individual recurve event and a team bronze medal.^[3] Banerjee received the Arjuna Award in 2011.^[4]

Another notable Indian archer is three-time Olympian Limba Ram. Ram set a world record in 1992 at the Asian Archery Championships held that year in Beijing.

Medal table

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Paralympic Games	1	0	2	3
World Championships	3	9	3	15
World Cup Finals	1	7	3	11
World Cup	34	34	39	107
Asian Games	6	6	7	19
Commonwealth Games	3	1	4	8
Total	48	57	58	163

• Updated till 5th August, 2024

Current rankings - Outdoor

Recurve

Men's individual Change Ranking Archer Points +3 11 Dhiraj Bommadevara 189 +24 34 Atanu Das 102 +5 42 Tarundeep Rai 91 88 Rahul Rahul 53 101 Pravin Jadhav 47.5 -1 120 Vishnu Choudhary 40 -7 142 Atul Verma 33 +26 150 Parth Salunkhe 31.5 -7 158 Goldi Mishra 29 -1 186 Mrinal Chauhan 22.5 Last updated: 17 April 2025 | Source: World Archery[5]

Women's individual Change Ranking Archer Points -1 4 Deepika Kumari 249.5 -1 28 Ankita Bhakat 117.5 33 Bhajan Kaur 108.5 +13 92 Simranjeet Kaur 53.25 106 Basanti Mahato 48 -5 197 Sharvari Shende 22 220 Bhargaviben Bhagora 19 -3 237 Tisha Punia 17.5 -256 256 Anshika Kumari 16 -1 262 Sangeeta 15.75 Last updated: 17 April 2025 | Source: World Archery[6]

Men's Team Change Ranking Team Points 3  India 238 Last updated: 17 April 2025 | Source: World Archery[7]

Women's Team Change Ranking Team Points 10  India 158.5 Last updated: 17 April 2025 | Source: World Archery[8]

Mixed Team Change Ranking Team Points -1 6  India 210 Last updated: 17 April 2025 | Source: World Archery[9]

Compound

Men's individual Change Ranking Archer Points 6 Priyansh 202 +3 7 Abhishek Verma 195 -2 10 Prathamesh Bhalchandra Fuge 178 +6 23 Ojas Pravin Deotale 114.5 -7 27 Prathamesh Samadhan Jawkar 111 +8 33 Rishabh Yadav 92.5 -2 34 Kushal Dalal 89.5 -2 72 Rajat Chauhan 48.5 -1 96 Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru 38 -2 107 Manav Ganeshrao Jadhao 34 Last updated: 17 April 2025 | Source: World Archery[10]

Women's individual Change Ranking Archer Points 4 Jyothi Surekha Vennam 281 -3 15 Parneet Kaur 144 -1 22 Aditi Gopichand Swami 110 29 Avneet Kaur 88 -2 80 Chikitha Taniparthi 41.5 -1 88 Kumud Saini 40 -12 139 Muskan Kirar 24.75 142 Tejal Rajendra Salve 24 -3 150 Pragati 23 -2 154 Sakshi Chaudhary 22.5 Last updated: 17 April 2025 | Source: World Archery[11]

Men's Team Change Ranking Team Points 2  India 232 Last updated: 17 April 2025 | Source: World Archery[12]

Women's Team Change Ranking Team Points 1  India 280 Last updated: 17 April 2025 | Source: World Archery[13]

Mixed Team Change Ranking Team Points +1 1  India 268 Last updated: 17 April 2025 | Source: World Archery[14]

Current rankings - Para

Recurve

Men's individual open Change Ranking Archer Points 1 Harvinder Singh 177 28 Vivek Chikara 58.75 31 Sahil 53 56 Dhanna Ram Godara 26 81 Parveen 12 Last updated: 17 April 2025 | Source: World Archery[15]

Women's individual Change Ranking Archer Points 4 Pooja Jatyan 130.5 24 Pooja Khanna 61.5 41 Bhawna 30.5 Last updated: 17 April 2025 | Source: World Archery[16]

Mixed Team Change Ranking Team Points 2  India 154.25 Last updated: 17 April 2025 | Source: World Archery[17]

Compound

Men's individual Change Ranking Archer Points 2 Rakesh Kumar 148 13 Shyam Sunder Swami 89 38 Suraj Singh 50.75 75 Mohd Shavej 20 Last updated: 17 April 2025 | Source: World Archery[18]

Women's individual Change Ranking Archer Points 4 Jyothi Surekha Vennam 281 -3 15 Parneet Kaur 144 -1 22 Aditi Gopichand Swami 110 29 Avneet Kaur 88 -2 80 Chikitha Taniparthi 41.5 -1 88 Kumud Saini 40 -12 139 Muskan Kirar 24.75 142 Tejal Rajendra Salve 24 -3 150 Pragati 23 -2 154 Sakshi Chaudhary 22.5 Last updated: 17 April 2025 | Source: World Archery[19]

Men's Team Change Ranking Team Points 2  India 232 Last updated: 17 April 2025 | Source: World Archery[20]

Women's Team Change Ranking Team Points 1  India 280 Last updated: 17 April 2025 | Source: World Archery[21]

Mixed Team Change Ranking Team Points +1 1  India 268 Last updated: 17 April 2025 | Source: World Archery[22]

Notable performance at Olympics

Year	Event	Player	Result	Rank
2004
	Women's team	Dola Banerjee Reena Kumari Sumangala Sharma	Quarter-finals	5
2008
	Women's team	Dola Banerjee Bombayala Devi Pranitha Vardhineni	Quarter-finals	6
2016
	Women's team	Deepika Kumari Bombayla Devi Laxmirani Majhi	Quarter-finals	7
2020
	Mixed team	Deepika Kumari Pravin Jadhav	Quarter-finals	6
	Men's team	Atanu Das Pravin Jadhav Tarundeep Rai	Quarter-finals	8
	Women's individual	Deepika Kumari	Quarter-finals	8
2024
	Mixed team	Dhiraj Bommadevara Ankita Bhakat	Semi-finals	4
	Men's team	Dhiraj Bommadevara Tarundeep Rai Pravin Ramesh Jadhav	Quarter-finals	5
	Women's team	Bhajan Kaur Deepika Kumari Ankita Bhakat	Quarter-finals	5
	Women's individual	Deepika Kumari	Quarter-finals	8

List of National Sports award recipients in Archery, showing the year, award, and gender

Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
1981	Krishna Das	Arjuna Award	Female
1989	Shyam Lal Meena	Arjuna Award	Male
1991	Limba Ram	Arjuna Award	Male
1992	Sanjeeva Kumar Singh	Arjuna Award	Male
2005	Dola Banerjee	Arjuna Award	Female
2005	Tarundeep Rai	Arjuna Award	Male
2006	Jayanta Talukdar	Arjuna Award	Male
2009	Mangal Singh Champia	Arjuna Award	Male
2011	Rahul Banerjee	Arjuna Award	Male
2012	Bombayla Devi Laishram	Arjuna Award	Female
2012	Deepika Kumari	Arjuna Award	Female
2013	Chekrovolu Swuro	Arjuna Award	Female
2014	Abhishek Verma	Arjuna Award	Male
2015	Sandeep Kumar	Arjuna Award	Male
2016	Rajat Chauhan	Arjuna Award	Male
2017	Jyothi Surekha Vennam	Arjuna Award	Female
2020	Atanu Das	Arjuna Award	Male
2018	Satyadev Prasad	Dhyan Chand Award	Male
2019	C. Lalremsanga	Dhyan Chand Award	Male
2007	Sanjeeva Kumar Singh	Dronacharya Award	Male
2013	Purnima Mahato	Dronacharya Award	Female
2020	Dharmendra Tiwary +	Dronacharya Award	Male
2022	Jiwanjot Singh Teja	Dronacharya Award	Male

Key

+ Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour

See also

• Archery Association of India
• Indian Archers