Jayanta Talukdar
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's archery | ||
Competitor for  India
| ||
| World Cup | ||
| Gold | 2006 Merida | Individual |
| Asian Games | ||
| Bronze | 2006 Doha | Team |
| Bronze | 2010 Guangzhou | Team |
Jayanta Talukdar (Assamese: জয়ন্ত তালুকদাৰ) (born 2 March, 1986 in Guwahati) is an Indian archer.
Career
Talukdar was part of the Indian team that won the silver medal at the 2004 Junior World Championships. He followed up with a gold medal at the FITA Meteksan World Cup in 2006, becoming the first Indian archer(bhartiya tirandaj) to win gold at the event.[1] In 2006 he also won a gold medal at the South Asian Games and a bronze medal in the team competition at the 2006 Asian Games.
Despite losses in 2009, the Tata Steel sponsored Talukdar was seeded Number 1 for the 2009 World Cup in Copenhagen.[2]
On 21 June 2012, Jayanta Talukdar made it to the Indian men's recurve archers team for London Olympics 2012.[3]
Awards
Jayanta was awarded the Arjuna Award in archery in August, 2007.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Jayanta, Assamese archer wins Arjuna Award". Assam Times. 10 August 2007. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
- ↑ "Talukdar eyes World Cup gold". Press Trust of India. 22 September 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
- ↑ "Indian archery team books Olympic ticket". 23 June 2012.