Abhishek Verma (born 26 June 1989) is an Indian archer. At the

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at Incheon, South Korea, he won the gold medal in the men's compound archery team event along with

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and Sandeep Kumar, and the silver medal in the men's individual compound event. 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. 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. The Indian men's compound team, that was composed of Abhishek Verma, Chinna Raju Srither and Amanjeet Singh, won bronze on the penultimate day of the archery World Cup stage one championship in

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, after defeating

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for 226–221. Abhishek Verma works as an income tax Asst. Commissioner in the Income Tax Department. He backs his position by holding the top rank in selection trails. On 17 November 2021, he won the bronze medal in the men's compound archery team event along with

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and Aman Saini at the 22nd Asian Archery Championship in Dhaka,

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. In Year 2022, teaming with Jyothi Surekha Vennam, he won gold medal in compound mixed team archery event in Archery World Cup held at Paris, France.

Personal and early life

He was born in New Delhi. While he was studying in a government school in Model Town in Delhi, he asked his physical training teacher regarding which sports he must play and the teacher suggested he must take up the archery.A saga of dedication
DECCAN CHRONICLE, May 30, 2023. Abhishek, an alumnus of

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, significantly contributed to the college's archery program.

Asian Games

Abhishek Verma won gold and silver medals at the 2014 Asian Games. In

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he won a team silver medal with

and Aman Saini.

Awards

Arjuna Award The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards given for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The award is named after Arjun ...

(2014)

References

External links

Profile at incheon2014.krProfile at worldarchery.org
{{DEFAULTSORT:Verma, Abhishek Living people 1989 births Indian male archers Sportspeople from Delhi Asian Games gold medalists in archery Asian Games silver medalists in archery Archers at the 2014 Asian Games Archers at the 2018 Asian Games Archers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for India Asian Games silver medalists for India Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games World Archery Championships medalists Competitors at the 2017 World Games World Games bronze medalists World Games medalists for India World Games medalists in archery Recipients of the Arjuna Award Medalists at the 2022 World Games 21st-century Indian people Hansraj College alumni