Occupation Sportsperson (Archer) Name Bombayla Laishram | Role Olympic athlete Awards Arjuna Award for Archery | |
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Parents M. Jamini Devi, Manglem Singh | ||
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Bombayla Devi Laishram (born 22 February 1985 in Imphal) is an Indian archer, who has represented India at international events since 2007. Born in Imphal East, Manipur Laishram made her national debut in 1997.
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Early life
Laishram was born on 22 February 1985, in Manipur to M. Jamini Devi, a local archery coach and Manglem Singh, the state coach for Manipur’s handball team. She started archery at the age of 11, and later joined the Sports Authority of India and started training there. Laishram revealed in an interview that she started archery following her family's tradition in the sport. She currently resides in Imphal, Manipur.
Career
She represented India at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the women's individual as well as team events. She, along with Dola Banerjee and Pranitha Vardhineni was ranked sixth in the team event qualifiers. They got a bye in the round of 16, but lost to China by 206–211 in the quarterfinals. In the individual event, she was ranked 22nd in the qualifiers, but lost to Iwona Marcinkiewicz of Poland by 101–103 in the round of 64.
At the 2012 London Olympics, she bowed out in the second round of the women’s individual recurve event losing 2-6 to Mexico’s Aída Román on the 30 July 2012. In the team event, India lost in the first round 211-210 to Denmark.
She was the part of the team that qualified for 2016 Rio Olympics. The Indian women's recursive team, consisting of Bombayla Devi Laishram, Deepika Kumari and Laxmirani Majhi, finished 7th in the ranking round. The team won their match against Colombia in the round of 16 before losing the quarterfinal match against Russia.
Bombayla Devi Laishram faced Laurence Baldauff of Austria in the Women's Individual Round of 64 encounter in the 2016 Olympics, she won the match 6-2 and progressed to the next round. In the Round of 32, Bombayla Devi faced Lin Shih-chia of Chinese Taipei. She won the match 6-2 and advanced to the Round of 16. However, she was not able to get past Alejandra Valencia of Mexico in the round of 16 and she lost with a score of 2 against 6.