Deepika kumari archery biography of michael jackson
Deepika Kumari - the archer prodigy from Jharkhand, the former junior world champion who's aiming for gold in Rio..
Deepika Kumari
Indian archer and Olympian
Deepika Kumari in 2012 | |
| Born | (1994-06-13) 13 June 1994 (age 30) Ratu Chatti, Ranchi, Bihar (present-day Jharkhand), India |
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| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) |
| Spouse | Atanu Das[1] |
| Country | India |
| Sport | Archery |
| Club | Tata Archery Academy |
| Team | Indian Archery Women Team |
| Turned pro | 2006 |
| Highest world ranking | 1[2] |
Deepika Kumari (born 13 June 1994) is an Indian professional archer.
Archer Deepika Kumari has emerged as India's Olympic medal hope.
She won a gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the women's individual recurve event. She also won a gold there in the women's team recurve event with Dola Banerjee and Bombayala Devi.[3] She 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] at the Paris World Cup.[5] Deepika won individual gold