Jignas Chittibomma (born 12 January 1994) is an Indian

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. He is noted for being instrumental in India's 2nd-place finish in the

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Early life

Chittibomma had a superlative performance at the schooling age of 14, while studying class IX, in Second South Asian Archery championship held in

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. This was as a member of the Volga Archery academy under international coach Lenin, which won the Silver medal from

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and K. Roshaiah,

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2010 Commonwealth Games

He is noted as the youngest archer in India's team and being instrumental in winning team silver medal in

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of 2010 that was held at

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by defeating

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with 226–224 in semifinal and settled for silver medal by losing to

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in final with 229-231 points. Jignas was instrumental in entering final by scoring 78 points out of 80. (8 Arrows) in semi final and scored a record of 79 points out of 80(8 Arrows) to win silver medal by the Indian team comprising Ritul Chatterjee and Chinna alias Raju Sridhar.
/ref> Jignas is also credited for being youngest boy at the age of 14 years to participate in all Sub Junior, Junior and Senior Nationals in one single year between 2007 and 2008 held in

and

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. He is also credited for being youngest boy of 16 years old to play in Senior Archery world cup held in

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in 2010.
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Personal Details

Jignas was born on 12 January 1994, to

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. Ch.V. Rajasekhar an Irrigation Engineer and Smt. Ch. Nalini at

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. His fine skills were first noticed by his father when he was shooting darts accurately and took up archery at the age of 8 in May 2002 as he has facilities for archery training in his native place, although he was actually interested in shooting.

Participated events

* Won 5 Gold Medals at Sub Juniors 49th National Schools held at

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during 2004 and stood national first. * Won 1 Silver Medal at Sub Juniors 50th National Schools held at

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during 2005 and stood national second. * Won 1 Bronze Medal at Sub Juniors 51st National Schools held at

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during 2006 and stood national third. * Won 1 Bronze Medal at Sub Juniors National Archery Championship held at

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during 2007 and stood national sixth. * Won 4 Gold Medals, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze at Sub Juniors National Archery Championship held at

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during 2007 and stood national first. * Won 1 Silver and 1 Bronze Medal at Juniors National Archery Championship held at

during 2007 and stood national third. This also secured an opportunity to represent India at International stage. * Stood 3rd in both 30 meters and 90 meters and 4th in 50 meters in South Asian Junior Archery Championship held at Tata Nagar in

. * Participated in Youth World Championship and stood 15th in Cadet rank held at

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in Turkey. * Participated in Senior National Archery Championship held at Tata Nagar in

during 2008 and stood national twenty first. * Won 2 Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze Medals at Junior National Archery Championship held at

during 2009 and stood national first and also became national champion. * Won 1 Team Bronze Medal at Senior National Archery Championship held at

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in 2010. * Participated and stood 65th in Achery World Cup held at

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in Croatia in 2010. * Won 1 Team Silver Medal in

2010 held at

in India.

References

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Impressive show by Jignas at South Asian archery meet
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chittibomma, Jignas 1994 births Living people Telugu people Commonwealth Games silver medallists in archery Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India Indian male archers Archers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games