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'''Jignas Chittibomma''' (born January 12, 1994) is an [[India]]n [[archer]]. He is noted for being instrumental in India's 2nd place finish in the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

==Early life==
His superlative performance at the schooling age of 14 while studying class IX in Second South Asian Archery championship held in [[Jamshedpur]] has brought fame to the entire [[Krishna]] district of [[Andhra Pradesh]] archery fraternity and also to Volga Archery academy under international coach Lenin, who died in an accident while travelling back home along with his team after receiving accolades and felicitation for winning Silver medal from [[E. S. L. Narasimhan]], [[Governor]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]] and [[Konijeti Rosaiah|K. Roshaiah]], [[Chief Minister]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]], although his team members escaped unhurt.{{citation needed|date=October 2012}}

==2010 Common wealth game==
He is noted as the youngest archer in India's team and being instrumental in winning team Silver medal in [[Commonwealth Games]] of 2010 that was held at [[New Delhi]] in [[India]] by defeating [[South Africa]] with 226-224 in semifinal and settled for Silver medal by losing to [[England]] in final with 229-231 points. Jignas was instrumental in entering final by scoring 78 points out of 80

(8 Arrows) in semi final and scored a record of 79 points out of 80(8 Arrows) to win silver medal by the Indian team comprising Ritul Chatterjee and Chinna alias Raju Sridhar.<ref name="yahoo.com">[http://in.news.yahoo.com/20/20101007/1416/tnl-compound-archers-shed-their-underdog_1.html ]{{dead link|date=December 2016}}</ref> Jignas is also credited for being youngest boy at the age of 14 years to participate in all Sub Junior, Junior and Senior Nationals in one single year between 2007-2008 held in [[India]] and [[Turkey]]. He is also credited for being youngest boy of 16 years old to play in Senior Archery world cup held in [[Croatia]] in 2010.<ref name="jeetlocwg.in">[http://jeetlocwg.in/site/ch-jignas/] archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20101010123928/http://jeetlocwg.in/site/ch-jignas/</ref>

==Personal Details==
Jignas was born on January 12, 1994 to [[Sri]]. Ch.V. Rajasekhar an Irrigation Engineer and [[Shrimati|Smt]]. Ch. Nalini at [[Vijaywada]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name="jeetlocwg.in"/>

His fine skills were first noticed by his father when he was shooting darts accurately and took up archery at the age of 8 in May 2002 as he has facilities for archery training in his native place, although he was actually interested in
shooting.<ref name="yahoo.com"/><ref name="jeetlocwg.in"/> His Father and Mother both being sports persons, encouraged and supported him right from his youth in sports despite high cost of Archery equipment.

==Participated Events<ref name="jeetlocwg.in"/>==
* Won 5 Gold Medals at Sub Juniors 49th National Schools held at [[Sangli]] in [[Maharashtra]] during 2004 and stood national first.
* Won 1 Silver Medal at Sub Juniors 50th National Schools held at [[Kolkata]] in [[West Bengal]] during 2005 and stood national second.
* Won 1 Bronze Medal at Sub Juniors 51st National Schools held at [[Amravati]] in [[Maharashtra]] during 2006 and stood national third.
* Won 1 Bronze Medal at Sub Juniors National Archery Championship held at [[Raipur]] in [[Chhattisgarh]] during 2007 and stood national sixth.
* Won 4 Gold Medals, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze at Sub Juniors National Archery Championship held at [[Jabalpur]] in [[Madhya Pradesh]] during 2007 and stood national first.
* Won 1 Silver and 1 Bronze Medal at Juniors National Archery Championship held at [[Amravati]] in [[Maharashtra]] during 2007 and stood national third. This also secured an opportunity to represent India at International stage.
* Stood 3rd in both 30 meters and 90 meters and 4th in 50 meters in South Asian Junior Archery Championship held at Tata Nagar in [[Jamshedpur]].
* Participated in Youth World Championship and stood 15th in Cadet rank held at [[Antalya]] in [[Turkey]].
* Participated in Senior National Archery Championship held at Tata Nagar in [[Jamshedpur]] during 2008 and stood national twenty first.
* Won 2 Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze Medals at Junior National Archery Championship held at [[Raipur]] in [[Chhattisgarh]] during 2009 and stood national first and also became national champion.
* Won 1 Team Bronze Medal at Senior National Archery Championship held at [[Guwahati]] in [[Assam]] in 2010.
* Participated and stood 65th in Achery World Cup held at [[Porec]] in [[Croatia]] in 2010.
* Won 1 Team Silver Medal in [[Commonwealth Games]] 2010 held at [[New Delhi]] in [[India]].
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/archery-coach-lenin-dies-in-car-mishap/133648-5.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013091226/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/archery-coach-lenin-dies-in-car-mishap/133648-5.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-13|title=Archery coach Lenin dies in car mishap|work=IBNLive}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* http://jeetlocwg.in/site/ch-jignas/
* https://web.archive.org/web/20101027083125/http://www.ndtv.com/article/sports/archery-coach-lenin-dies-in-accident-cwg-medallist-unhurt-61976
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121108062556/http://www.hindu.com/2009/08/12/stories/2009081250470200.htm ]
* https://web.archive.org/web/20101027083125/http://www.ndtv.com/article/sports/archery-coach-lenin-dies-in-accident-cwg-medallist-unhurt-61976
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121108062606/http://www.hindu.com/2008/03/13/stories/2008031351490300.htm ]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080318202511/http://www.hindu.com/2008/03/13/stories/2008031358110300.htm ]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121013091226/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/archery-coach-lenin-dies-in-car-mishap/133648-5.html ]
* https://web.archive.org/web/20100420065842/http://connect.in.com/commonwealth-games/profile-543083.html
* http://www.deccanherald.com/content/107092/former-india-archer-lenin-dies.html
* http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/article/043C6Qq2NCeY2?q=Commonwealth+Games
* https://web.archive.org/web/20120311101942/http://www.timesnow.tv/Vijaywada-Archery-coach-dies-in-car-mishap/articleshow/4356751.cms

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[[Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in archery]]
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[[Category:Archers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games]]

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