Parth Salunkhe (born 2004) is an Indian recurve archer.[1] He's a silver medalist at the Asian Championships as well as a 4-time gold, 5-time silver, 2-time bronze medalist at the Asian Cup.[2] He's also a 3-time gold medalist and 1-time bronze medalist at the World Youth Championships.[3]
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| Born | Satara, Maharashtra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Archery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
editSalunkhe was born in Satara, Maharashtra. His father Sushant Salunkhe is a secondary school English teacher.[4] He completed his studies at New English Medium School and Shripatrao Patil High School.[5]
Career
editIn 2023, Salunkhe become the recurve men's individual champion at the World Youth Archery Championships.[6] He was the first Indian male archer to achieve this.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Parth Sushant Salunkhe | World Archery". www.worldarchery.sport. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ "Asian Archery Championships: India win three more medals on final day; end meet with seven". Olympics.
- ^ "Archery: Parth Salunkhe becomes first Indian to win Youth World Championship in recurve category". The Indian Express. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ "Parth Salunkhe, Aditi Swami latest archery heroes from drought-prone Satara". Business Standard.
- ^ "This 19-year-old world champion has set his sights on Olympics". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ "Archery champ Parth Salunkhe | Aiming for the stars". India Today. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ Sarangi, Y. B. (10 July 2023). "Archer Salunkhe is recurve men's under-21 individual champion". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 13 September 2024.