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Mangal Singh Champia (born 9 November 1983) is an Indian
archer Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In modern ...
, who won multiple medals in several international events, including the
2006 Asian Games The 2006 Asian Games (), officially known as the XV Asiad or 15th Asian Games (, and commonly known as Doha 2006 (), were an Asian multi-sport event held in Doha, Qatar, from December 1 to 15, 2006, with 424 events in 39 sports featured in the ga ...
. He was conferred with the
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 ...
by the President of India for the year 2009. Mangal started archery in the year 1995 and became pro in 2008. He has secured
2016 Rio Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...
berth.


Other achievements

Source: 15th Asian Archery Championships, China: Men's Team Event 3rd Asian Grand Prix, Iran 2nd Commonwealth Archery Championships, India 3rd Asian Archery Grand Prix Tournament, Indonesia
2010 Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), were a regional multi-sport event held from November 12 to 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China (although several events commenced ear ...
: Men's Team Event 15th Asian Archery Championships, China: Individual Event


2008 Summer Olympics

At the
2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...
in Beijing Champia finished his ranking round with a total of 678 points, just one point behind Juan René Serrano and equal with
Viktor Ruban Viktor Hennadiyovych Ruban (; born 24 May 1981 in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is an Archery at the Summer Olympics, Olympic gold medal winning former World Archery Rankings#Number one ranked archers, world ...
and scoring more bull's eyes than Serrano. This gave him the second seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Hojjatollah Vaezi in the first round, beating the Iranian 112-98. In the second round Champia faced 31st seed
Bair Badënov Bair Badënov (, ''Baír Dorzhíyevich Badyónov'', ; born June 28, 1976, in Zugalay, now Zabaykalsky Krai) is a Russian archer. Badënov was a World Champion among Youth in 1993, a European champion in 1996. Participated in 1996 Olympics in A ...
, but was unable to beat the Russian who won with 109-108. Badënov went on to win the bronze medal.Athlete biography: Mangal Singh Champia
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 17 2008


See also

* Indian Squad for 2008 Olympics


References


External links


Beijing Olympics 08 Archery Results for Individuals

Beijing Olympics Biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Champia, Mangal Singh Living people 1983 births Indian male archers Olympic archers for India Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Arjuna Award Sportspeople from Jamshedpur Archers from Jharkhand Asian Games medalists in archery Archers at the 1998 Asian Games Archers at the 2006 Asian Games Archers at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for India Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games