Abhishek Verma (archer)

Abhishek Verma (born 26 June 1989) is an Indian archer. At the 2014 Asian Games at Incheon, South Korea, he won the gold medal in the men's compound archery team event along with Rajat Chauhan and Sandeep Kumar, and the silver medal in the men's individual compound event.[1][2] On 15 August 2015, he won a gold medal in the compound men's individual section at the Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Wroclaw, Poland.[3] On 25 October 2015, he won the silver medal in the compound men's individual section at the Archery World Cup Final in Mexico city.[4]

Abhishek Verma
The President Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Arjuna Award for the year-2014 to Abhishek Verma
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (1989-06-26) 26 June 1989
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) (2014)
Weight80 kg (176 lb) (2014)
Sport
Country India
SportArchery
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking6
Medal record
Representing  India
Asian Games
2014 IncheonCompound team
2018 JakartaCompound team
2014 IncheonCompound individual
World Cup
2015 Mexico CityCompound Individual
2018 SamsunCompound Individual
2018 SamsunCompound Mixed Team
Asian Archery Championships
2019 BangkokTeam
2019 BangkokMixed Team
2017 DhakaIndividual
2017 DhakaTeam
2017 DhakaMixed Team
2015 BangkokTeam
2013 TaipeiIndividual
2013 TaipeiMixed Team
2013 TaipeiTeam
Updated on 28 October 2015.

The Indian women’s compound team, that was composed of Abhishek Verma, Chinna Raju Srither and Amanjeet Sing, won bronze on the penultimate day of the archery World Cup stage one championship in Shanghai, after defeating Colombia for 226-221.[5]

Abhishek Verma works as an income tax inspector in the Income Tax Department.[6] He backs his position by holding the top rank in selection trails.[7][8]

Asian Games

abhishek Verma won gold and silver medals at the 2014 Asian Games. In Asian Games 2018 he won a team silver medal with Rajat Chauhan and Aman Saini.[9]

Awards

References
  1. "Asian Games 2014: Indian men's compound team wins gold; women settle for bronze". Hindustan Times. 27 September 2014. Archived from the original on 27 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  2. "Asian Games Live: Indian men's compound archery team wins historic gold; women settle for bronze". Dattaraj Thaly. Zee News. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  3. "Abhishek Verma earns India gold in Archery World Cup". Times of India.
  4. "Abhishek Verma Makes History in Archery World Cup Final, Becomes First Indian to Win Silver Medal in Compound". NDTVSports.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  5. "Indian men's team wins Compound gold in World Cup archery". Hindustan Times. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  6. "Shri Sushil Chandra, Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), felicitates Abhishek Verma, Income Tax Inspector at New Delhi, for India's bronze Medal at World Championship of Compound Archery, Shanghai". PIB. 24 May 2017.
  7. Sarangi, Y. B. "Verma, Jyothi top compound archery selection trials". Sportstar. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  8. Kumar, Amit (16 April 2020). "Archer Abhishek Verma keeping himself sharp with rooftop practice during lockdown". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  9. Magotra, Ashish. "Archery: As Abhishek Verma and Co's silver showed, winning gold isn't about hitting the 10s anymore". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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