(1994-06-13) 13 June 1994 (age 30) Ratu Chatti, Ranchi, Bihar (present-day Jharkhand), India
Height
1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight
56 kg (123 lb)
Spouse
Atanu Das[1]
Sport
Country
India
Sport
Archery
Club
Tata Archery Academy
Team
Indian Archery Women Team
Turned pro
2006
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking
1[2]
Medal record
Women's archery
Representing India
World Championships
2011 Torino
Women's Team
2015 Copenhagen
Women's Team
Asian Championships
2019 Bangkok
Mixed Team
2019 Bangkok
Team
2015 Bangkok
Recurve Team
2015 Bangkok
Mixed Team
2013 Taipei
Mixed Team
2011 Tehran
Recurve Team
World Cup
2021 Guatemala City
Women's Individual
Commonwealth Games
2010 Delhi
Recurve individual
2010 Delhi
Recurve team
Asian Games
2010 Guangzhou
Recurve team
Deepika Kumari (born 13 June 1994) is an Indian professional archer, supported by OGQ. She won a gold medal in the 2010 Commonwealth games in the women's individual recurve event. She also won a gold medal in the same competition in the women's team recurve event along with Dola Banerjee and Bombayala Devi.[3] She has won individual gold in two of the three stages of the World Cup—one in Guatemala and another in Paris. In the process she also reclaimed the number one ranking after nine years [4] in Paris World Cup.[5] Deepika Kumari won individual gold medals at the Archery World Cup Stage 1.[6] Deepika Kumari also defeated Mexico by 5–1 in the final to win gold in Paris.[7]
Kumari qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in the Women's Individual and Women's team events, finishing in eighth place in the latter.[8]
She was conferred the Arjuna Award, India's second highest sporting award, in the year 2012 by President of India Pranab Mukherjee.[9] In February 2014, she was honored with FICCI Sportsperson of the Year Award.[10] The Government of India awarded her the civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2016.[11]
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^"India's Deepika Kumari becomes World No. 1 archer". NDTV. 21 June 2012. Archived from the original on 20 July 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
^"Athlete of the Week: Deepika KUMARI (IND)". Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
^Singh, Suhani (29 June 2021). "Why archer Deepika Kumari is a serious medal contender in the Tokyo Games". India Today. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
^"Deepika's Hat-trick Gold Medals at WC". gulte. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
^"Archery World Cup: Star couple Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari win individual recurve gold medals". India Today. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
^"Archery World Cup: Indian women's recurve team beat Mexico to win gold in Paris". India Today. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
^Deepika Kumari Archived 1 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine - London 2012 Olympics athlete profiles
^"Khel Ratna award for Vijay, Yogeshwar". CNN-IBN. Archived from the original on 1 September 2012.
^"FICCI announces the Winners of India Sports Awards for 2014". news.biharprabha.com. Indo-Asian News Service. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
^"Padma Awards 2016". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
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