https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Vivek_ChikaraVivek Chikara - Revision history2026-08-02T07:44:01ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vivek_Chikara&diff=545043&oldid=prevDavidxbr: adding a info2026-04-24T12:09:32Z<p>adding a info</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian Paralympic archer (born 1990)}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2022}}<br />
{{Infobox sportsperson<br />
| name = Vivek Chikara<br />
| image = <br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|12 January 1990}}<br />
| birth_place = {{nowrap|[[Meerut, Uttar Pradesh]], India}}<br />
| country = {{IND}}<br />
| sport = [[Archery]]<br />
| rank = 12<br />
| event = Men's Recurve Open<br />
| highestranking = 6<br />
| updated = 9 October 2021<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Vivek Chikara''' (born 12 January 1990), also known as '''Chikara Vivek''', is an Indian [[Paralympic Games|paralympic]] archer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=4 years after an unfortunate accident, archer Vivek Chikara readies for Tokyo Paralympics |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/archery/tokyo-paralympics-2021-indian-archer-vivek-chikara-journey |work=[[Sportskeeda]] |location=India |first=Godwin |last=Mathew |date=25 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=2021 Paralympics: Rakesh Kumar of the Indian archery squad finishes in 3rd place in the men's compound individual ranking event |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/archery/news-rakesh-kumar-fetched-3rd-place-finish-men-s-compound-individual-ranking-event-2021-paralympics |work=[[Sportskeeda]] |location=India |first=Aishwarya |last=Kasibhatla |date=27 August 2021 |quote='''Vivek Chikara''' finished 10th with 609 points ... [[Harvinder Singh (archer)|Harvinder Singh]] and '''Chikara Vivek''' scored 45 and 41 points, respectively}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Vivek claims men's recurve title at Asian Para Archery Championships |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1086294/vivek-claims-recurve-gold-in-bangkok |work=[[Inside the Games]] |first=Patrick |last=O’Kane |date=24 October 2019 |quote=Chikara Vivek defeated top seed Wang Sijun to claim men's recurve gold at the Asian Para Archery Championships in Bangkok.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/archery/athlete-profile-n1670058-vivek-chikara.htm |title=VIVEK Chikara |work=Tokyo 2020 Paralympics |publisher=[[Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]] |access-date=8 October 2021 |archive-date=26 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826155436/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/archery/athlete-profile-n1670058-vivek-chikara.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> He made his debut in [[2020 Summer Paralympics]], where he finished 10th in male individual [[Recurve bow|recurve]] [[archery]] category.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tokyo Paralympics: Archer Vivek Chikara loses to David Phillips in Round of 16 |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/others/tokyo-paralympics-archer-vivek-chikara-loses-to-david-phillips-in-round-of-1620210903153435/ |work=[[Asian News International]] |location=India |date=3 September 2021 |access-date=3 September 2021 |archive-date=8 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008200309/https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/others/tokyo-paralympics-archer-vivek-chikara-loses-to-david-phillips-in-round-of-1620210903153435/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also won gold medal in Asian Para Championship 2019 with an impressive 7–1 win over China's Sijun Wang and in 2023, He won silver medal at Asian Para Archery Championship in Thailand with his teammate Harvinder Singh in Recurve open Team Event.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Archer Vivek Chikara wins Asian Para Championships gold after losing leg 2 years back. |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/archer-vivek-chikara-wins-asian-para-championships-gold-after-losing-leg-2-years-back/articleshow/71751631.cms |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |first=Sabi |last=Hussain |date=25 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=4 years after an unfortunate accident, archer Vivek Chikara readies for Tokyo Paralympics |url=https://thebridge.in/tokyo-2020-paralympics/4-years-accident-vivek-chikara-tokyo-paralympics-24387 |website=TheBridge.in |location=India |first=Naveed |last=Mohammed |date=13 August 2021 |access-date=8 October 2021 |archive-date=8 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008200308/https://thebridge.in/tokyo-2020-paralympics/4-years-accident-vivek-chikara-tokyo-paralympics-24387 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
* [[India at the 2020 Summer Paralympics]]<br />
<br />
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldarchery.sport/competition/26627/bangkok-2023-asian-para-archery-championships-&-cqt-2024?photos_tag=DAY%206%20PARALYMPIC%20QUOTA%20TOURNAMENT |title=Bangkok 2023 Asian Para Archery Championships & CQT 2024 |website=World Archery}}</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
<br />
== External links ==<br />
* {{World Archery|28132/chikara-vivek|Chikara Vivek}}<br />
* {{IPC|chikara-vivek|Chikara Vivek}}<br />
<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chikara, Vivek}}<br />
[[Category:1990 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male archers]]<br />
[[Category:Paralympic archers for India]]<br />
[[Category:Archers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportsmen]]<br />
<br />
{{India-sport-bio-stub}}<br />
{{India-archery-bio-stub}}</div>Davidxbr