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{{Short description|Indian para athlete}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Sarita Adhana
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|1|1|df=y}}
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{{Medal|Country|{{IND}}}}
{{MedalSport|Women's [[Para-archery]]}}[[File:Archery pictogram (Paralympics).svg|25px]]
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Para Archery Championship|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2025 World Para Archery Championships|2025 Gwangju]]|[[2025 World Para Archery Championships – Women's doubles compound open|Doubles]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Para Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2022 Asian Para Games|2022 Hangzhou]]|[[Archery at the 2022 Asian Para Games|Doubles Compound]]}}
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'''Sarita Adhana''' (born 1 January 1987)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/-sarita_2490136 |title=Profile: Sarita |work=[[Paris 2024 Paralympics]] |access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref> is an Indian paralympic archer. She qualified to represent [[India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics]] in Paris in the women's [[Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual compound open|Individual compound]] event of Archery competitions.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sportstar |first=Team |date=2024-08-14 |title=India at Paris Paralympics 2024: Complete list of 84 athletes at Paralympic Games |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/olympics/paris-paralympics-2024/news/paris-2024-india-paralympics-contingent-full-list-of-84-indian-athletes-qualified-sports-ministry-paralympic-games-news/article68512627.ece |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref> She lost in the quarterfinals at Paris Paralympics.

==Career==
She represented India at the [[2022 Asian Para Games]] held at [[Hangzhou]], [[China]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-20 |title=Para Asian Archery Championship: Sarita Devi Claims Bronze, Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar Raech Finals |url=https://www.news18.com/sports/para-asian-archery-championship-sarita-devi-claims-bronze-sheetal-devi-and-rakesh-kumar-raech-finals-8669904.html |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-06-13 |title=PCI confident of record medal haul from India's para athletes at Paris Paralympics |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/pci-confident-of-record-medal-haul-from-indias-para-athletes-at-paris-paralympics/articleshow/110974172.cms |access-date=2024-08-13 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/haryana/faridabad/news/faridabad-sarita-adhana-won-silver-medal-archery-in-para-asian-games-132068460.html |title=फरीदाबाद की सरिता ने तीरंदाजी में जीता सिल्वर मेडलः हांगझू में हुए पैरा एशियाई खेल में लिया था हिस्सा |trans-title=Sarita of Faridabad won silver medal in archery: Had participated in Para Asian Games held in Hangzhou |work=Dainik Bhaskar |access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref> She won a bronze medal in the Women's compound archery open section of the Para Asian Archery Championship winning the all-Indian play-off for bronze defeating compatriot [[Jyoti Baliyan]] 139–135.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-20 |title=Para Asian Archery Championship: Sarita wins bronze; Sheetal, Rakesh in line for gold medal |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/other-sports/sarita-devi-sheetal-devi-rakesh-kumar-para-asian-archery-championship-medal-list/article67554510.ece |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref> She also won a silver medal in the team event along with [[Sheetal Devi]], to whom she lost the semifinal in the individual event.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sudharsan |first=M |title=Asian Para Games 2023: Sheetal Devi, Sarita combine to win compound women's doubles silver |url=https://khelnow.com/asian-games/2023-10-asian-para-games-2023-archery-sheetal-devi-sarita-silver |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=Khel Now |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jain |first=Deepanshu |date=2023-11-20 |title=Asian Para Archery Championships: Sarita wins bronze in women's compound event |url=https://thebridge.in/archery/asian-para-archery-championships-sarita-wins-bronze-womens-compound-44814 |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=thebridge.in |language=en}}</ref>

She trained for the 2023 [[Asian Games]] at [[Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine]]'s sports complex at [[Katra, Jammu and Kashmir|Katra]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-28 |title=Two gold medals for J&K archers at Asian Para Games |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/two-gold-medals-for-j-k-archers-at-asian-para-games-101698509380538.html |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>

In November 2023, she won a bronze medal at the Asian Para Archery Championships in Bangkok.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kwek |first=Kimberly |date=2023-11-23 |title=Singapore's Nur Syahidah Alim claims gold at the Asian Para Archery Championships |url=https://tnp.straitstimes.com/sports/others/singapores-nur-syahidah-alim-claims-gold-asian-para-archery-championships |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=The New Paper |language=en}}</ref> Later, she qualified for the Paralympics at the same tournament.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saanvi |date=2023-11-20 |title=India Shines at Asian Para Archery Championships: Sarita Strikes Bronze in Historic Win |url=https://cynergysports.com/content/india-shines-at-asian-para-archery-championships-sarita-strikes-bronze-in-historic-win |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=Cynergy Sports |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/ncr/faridabad/story-sarita-adhana-brought-honor-to-the-country-by-winning-silver-in-archery-8899230.html |title=सरिता अधाना ने तीरंदाजी में रजत जीतकर देश का मान बढ़ाया |trans-title=Sarita Adhana brought glory to the country by winning silver in archery |work=Hindustan |access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jain |first=Deepanshu |date=2023-11-20 |title=Asian Para Archery Championships: Sarita wins bronze in women's compound event |url=https://thebridge.in/archery/asian-para-archery-championships-sarita-wins-bronze-womens-compound-44814 |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=thebridge.in |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian female archers]]
[[Category:Paralympic archers for India]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Para Games]]
[[Category:Asian Para Games medalists in archery]]
[[Category:Asian Para Games silver medalists for India]]
[[Category:Archers at the 2024 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:1987 births]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Archers at the 2022 Asian Para Games]]

Sarita Adhana - Revision history

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