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Atanu Das (born 5 April 1992) is an Indian archer. He represents India in the recurve men's individual and team events. His current world ranking is 9 as of 22 July 2021.[2] He is the spouse of former World No. 1 Indian archer Deepika Kumari.[3] The Indian Men's recurve team consisting of Atanu Das, Dhiraj Bommadevara and Tushar Shelke won the silver medal at the 2022 Asian Games. They lost the final to Republic of Korea.[4][5]
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Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Baranagar, West Bengal, India | 5 April 1992|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Sportsperson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Employer | BPCL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Deepika Kumari[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Archery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Das started archery at the age of 14 under the coaching of Mithu Da. In 2008, he moved to Tata Archery Academy where he was trained under the Korean coach Lim Chae Wong. He made his international debut in 2008.[6]
Das won the bronze medal, with Deepika Kumari, in the 2013 World Cup mixed team event organized in Colombia.[7]
Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das beat Sjef van den Berg and Gabriela Schloesser of Netherlands and fetch India a third gold medal at the World Cup.[8]
In the men's team event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Atanu Das was a member of Team India, which got knocked out by Team South Korea in the quarter-finals. However, in the Men's individual event, he managed to reach the Round of 8 after upsetting 3rd seed Oh Jin-hyek in the Round of 16. In this Atanu Das got praised from the Olympic Gold Medalist Oh Jin Hyek. Oh Jin Hyek said, “While it may appear to be an excuse, it is quite different from what it appears to be in a gust of wind,” Jin-hyek said. “Atanu is a great player. I wasn't any better than he was.” This is according to one article by Good Morning Mumbai website.
Atanu Das was born on 5 April 1992 in Baranagar, West Bengal, India. He did his education in Baranagar Narendranath Vidyamandir, Baranagar. He is employed with Bharat Petroleum Sports Promotion Board, Kolkata.
Atanu Das married Deepika Kumari on June 30, 2020, in Ranchi.[9][10][11][12]