Muskan Kirar

2020-08-21T05:05:28Z

2409:4042:218D:19F1:0:0:A6A:50AC: Archery academy is in Jabalpur not bhopal

{{short description|Indian archer}}
{{Undisclosed paid|date=January 2020}}
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'''Muskan Kirar''' (born 2001) is an Indian [[archer]]. She won the [[gold medal]] in the women's compound final event at the [[Archery]] [[Asia Cup]], stage-1 competition in [[Bangkok]] on March 7, 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/muskan-kirar-promila-daimary-win-gold-at-archery-asia-cup/articleshow/63205720.cms|title=Muskan Kirar, Promila Daimary win gold at Archery Asia Cup - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-03-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.digitalsporty.com/india-win-3-gold-archery-asia-cup-2018-in-bangkok/|title=India finish with three gold at Archery Asia Cup 2018 in Bangkok|date=2018-03-09|work=Digitalsporty|access-date=2018-03-10|language=en-GB}}</ref> She beat Malaysian archer [https://worldarchery.org/athlete/15837/sazatul-nadhira-zakaria Sazatul Nadhirah Zakaria] by 139-136.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/india-finish-with-three-gold-medals-at-archery-asia-cup/articleshow/63222794.cms|title=India finish with three gold medals at Archery Asia Cup - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-03-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/others/indian-archers-win-3-gold-2-bronze-medals-in-asia-cup201803090538140001/|title=Indian archers win 3 gold, 2 bronze medals in Asia Cup|website=www.aninews.in|language=en|access-date=2018-03-10}}</ref> Muskan was trained by Richpal Singh Salaria<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://dsywmp.gov.in/en/academies/archery-academy.html|title=ARCHERY ACADEMY, JABALPUR|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310201750/http://dsywmp.gov.in/en/academies/archery-academy.html|archive-date=2018-03-10|access-date=|url-status=dead}}</ref> at the [[Madhya Pradesh]] Archery Academy in [[Bhopal]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/other-sports/mp-teen-muskan-kirar-promila-daimary-win-gold-in-archery-asia-cup/story-HtPpEb05vWyklXvfs44sJP.html|title=MP teen Muskan Kirar, Promila Daimary win gold in Archery Asia Cup|date=2018-03-08|work=hindustantimes.com/|access-date=2018-03-10|language=en}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Muskan was raised in [[Jabalpur]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]. She is the daughter of Mala Kirar, a homemaker, and Virendra Kirar, who is a business man .<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/mp/bhopal/news/MP-BPL-HMU-LCL-muskan-kirar-win-gold-medal-in-asia-cup-5825875-PHO.html|title=इंटरनेशनल प्लेयर को छोड़नी पड़ी थी पढ़ाई, पिता बेचते हैं मीट और मां हाउसवाइफ|date=2018-03-07|work=dainikbhaskar|access-date=2018-03-10|language=hi}}</ref>

== Career ==

=== Archery Asia Cup ===
Kirar’s first match of the tournament saw her amass 142 points against an opponent from Taipei, before winning her next match with a score of 145 points. She won her quarter-final match against an Indonesian opponent, scoring 147 points, before beating a Malaysian competitor in the semi-finals with a score of 148.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/archery/archery-world-cup-bombayla-devi-laishram-atul-verma-recurve-team-compound-team-abhishek-verma-muskan-kirar/article28296774.ece|title=Berlin Archery World Cup: Misfiring India to fight for solitary bronze|last=PTI|website=Sportstar|language=en|access-date=2019-07-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/state-editions/jabalpur-s-muskan-kirar-brought-laurels-in-world-archery-tourney.html|title=Jabalpur's Muskan Kirar brought laurels in World Archery tourney|last=Pioneer|first=The|website=The Pioneer|language=en|access-date=2019-07-12}}</ref> Kirar’s gold medal came thanks to a win of 139-136 in her final match against Malaysian Zakaria Nadhirah.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://m.bhaskar.com/amp/mp/bhopal/news/MP-BPL-HMU-LCL-muskan-kirar-win-gold-medal-in-asia-cup-5825875-PHO.html|title=इंटरनेशनल प्लेयर को छोड़नी पड़ी थी पढ़ाई, पिता बेचते हैं मीट और मां हाउसवाइफ|work=dainikbhaskar|access-date=2018-03-11|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://legendnews.in/muskan-kirar-won-a-bronze-medal-in-the-world-archery-championship/|title=मुस्कान किरार ने विश्व तीरंदाजी चैंपियनशिप में कांस्य पदक जीता|last=LegendNews|date=2019-06-15|website=Legend News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/mp/bhopal/news/mp-news-world-archery-bronze-medal-with-a-score-smile-062504-4768386.html|title=वर्ल्ड आर्चरी: एक अंक से कांस्य पदक चूकी मप्र की मुस्कान किरार|last=Automation|first=Bhaskar|date=2019-06-14|website=Dainik Bhaskar|language=hi|access-date=2019-07-12}}</ref>

== Competitions ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Representing India'''
!Year
!'''Competition'''
!Venue
!Event
!Medal
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|2018
|Archery Asia Cup Competition, Stage-1
|Bangkok
|Women's Compound
|Gold
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|2017
|37th Sub Junior,
National Archery Competition
|[[Bhubaneswar]], India
|Sub Junior
|Gold
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|2017
|Asia Cup Stage-3
|Taipei, Taiwan
|Senior
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|2017
|Senior Asian Championship
|Dhaka
|Senior
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|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.india.com/news/agencies/proud-of-muskans-gold-medal-feat-in-archery-says-her-father-2933530/ Proud of Muskan’s gold medal feat in archery, says her father]
*[https://worldarchery.org/athlete/20465/muskan-kirar Muskan Kirar] on [[World Archery Federation]]
*[https://www.instagram.com/kirar_muskan Muskan Kirar] on [[Instagram]]

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[[Category:Indian female archers]]
[[Category:Archery in India]]
[[Category:Archery]]
[[Category:Archery in Asia]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in archery]]
[[Category:Archers at the 2018 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for India]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:People from Jabalpur]]
[[Category:2001 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]

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