Indian medal winners at the Archery World cup

The 15th edition of the international Archery circuit known as the Archery World Cup is starting from 19th April 2021 till 2nd September 2021. The world cup is being organized by world archery and the event is also known as the Hyundai Archery World Cup due to sponsorship. It was inaugurated in 2006 in Porec, Antalya, San Salvador, Shanghai for the first four stages, and the final was played in Merida.

In the World Cup, the archers compete in four stages in four different host countries. Then the 8 best archers from each category are being confirmed for the final and the final is played in a different host country. India's performance at the archery world cup has been great. In most of the World Cup finals, India ranks and wins medals for the nation. According to the medal table, India is at the No. 1 rank. Let’s have a look at the Indian medal winners at the Archery World Cup.

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GOLD MEDAL WINNERS

Among 60 nations representing their countries in the World Cup, India has won the most number of gold medals. Indian archers has won the gold medal seven times and became the first ranked in the medal table. The first two gold medals were won by Atanu Das in Men's Individual and Deepika Kumari in Women's Individual. Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat and Komolika Bari together has won gold medal for the Women's Team twice. Also Atanu Das with Deepika Kumari has won the gold for India in the Mixed Team. The most recent gold medal has been won by Abhishek Verma in the men's individual.

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BRONZE MEDAL WINNERS

India has won the Bronze medal once in Mixed Team in the Archery World Cup. Ankita Bhakat and Atanu Das bagged the medal.