Asian Archery Championships 2025 | UPSC CSE

Why in News: India delivered its best-ever performance at the Asian Archery Championships 2025, winning 10 medals, including 6 Golds.

India topped the overall medal standings, ahead of South Korea (second place).

Highlights of India’s Performance

• India won 10 medals: 6 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze.
• India and South Korea both secured 10 medals, but India topped the table due to having more golds (6 vs Korea’s 2).
• India won 5 medals each in Recurve and Compound categories.
• The biggest achievement was the historic Recurve Men’s Individual Gold, India’s first after 18 years.

Historic Individual Achievements

• B. Dhiraj (Bommadevara Dhiraj)
• Ankita Bhakat
  • Both are 2024 Paris Olympians.
  • They became the first-ever Indian male and female recurve archers to win individual gold medals at the Asian Archery Championships.

2025 Edition Venue: Dhaka, Bangladesh.

India and the Asian Archery Championships – Background

• India hosted the first-ever Asian Archery Championship in 1981, held in Kolkata.
• This was the only time India has hosted the tournament so far.

Source: PIB

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