Gora Ho is an Indian

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based in Balijhudi village, Rajnagar. He is also known as the Golden Boy.

Early life

Gora, youngest son of Khaireu Ho comes from a poor family of farmers. He lost his mother Chameni in 2016 and was since looked after by his three elder brothers. He began his training at Arjuna Archery Academy and was later moved to Dugni Archery Academy in

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by B Srinivas Rao.

Career

In 2014, at the age of 13, he earned recognition after receiving three gold medals at National School Games in

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and in 2015 he won 10 more medals at

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. In 2018, Gora partnered with Akash and

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and defeated

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to win the gold medal at Asia Cup Stage 1 Archery Meet 2018 in

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Awards

In 2015, he received the

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. He was awarded with a special bow which costed INR 2.7 lakhs, by the government in 2017. He has won more than 100 medals in sub-junior and junior events in state and national levels.

References

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