Country India | National team India | |
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The national Indian governing body of archery as a sport in India is the Archery Association of India.
Deepika Kumari won an individual gold medal in archery at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, beating Olympic bronze medalist Alison Williamson. Along with Laishram Bombayla Devi and Chekrovolu Swuro, Kumari won a silver medal in the team event at the 2011 World Archery Championships. Srither won gold at Asian Archery Championship held at Indonesia in November 2009.
Another notable Indian archer is three-time Olympian Limba Ram. Ram met a world record in 1992 at the Asian Archery Championships held that year in Beijing.
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