Cherukuri Lenin (1985 or 1986 – 24 October 2010) was an Indian archer and coach. He was the son of Cherukuri Satyanarayana.
In 2005, he won a silver medal at the Asian Grand Prix in Malaysia.
He was a National Archery Coach under
Limba Ram. His students Ritul Chatterjee and Chittibomma Jignas
won silver medals in the
Archery
Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a Bow and arrow, bow to shooting, shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting ...
compound team event at the
2010 Commonwealth Games at New Delhi.
He died at the age of 26 in a road collision near
Ibrahimpatnam on 24 October 2010.
References
Indian male archers
2010 deaths
Road incident deaths in India
Year of birth uncertain
People from Krishna district
Archers from Andhra Pradesh
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