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{{ | {{Short description|Indian archer (born 1994)}} | ||
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| | | image = Arjuna Award for the year-2016 to Shri Rajat Chauhan for Archery, in New Delhi on August 29, 2016 (cropped).jpg | ||
| name = Rajat Chauhan | | name = Rajat Chauhan | ||
| country = {{IND}} | | country = {{IND}} | ||
| sport = [[Archery]] | | sport = [[Archery]] | ||
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|12|30}} | | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|12|30}} | ||
| birth_place = [[ | | birth_place = [[Rajasthan]], India | ||
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport| Men's [[Archery]]}} | | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport| Men's [[Archery]]}} | ||
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'''Rajat Chauhan''' (born 30 December 1994<ref> | '''Rajat Chauhan''' (born 30 December 1994<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://worldgames2013.sportresult.com/nh/en/300/Participant/ParticipantInfo/d1cb2f6d-dd8f-4198-b7bd-6dc3e9e7ba17|title=Info System: Athletes / CHAUHAN Rajat}}</ref>) is an Indian archer. Chauhan won a silver medal in the World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, becoming the first Indian to win an individual medal in compound archery at the World Championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.news18.com/news/other-sports/indias-rajat-chauhan-settles-for-silver-at-world-archery-championships-1028907.html |title=India's Rajat Chauhan settles for Silver at World Archery Championships |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=1 August 2015 |website=News 18 |publisher= |access-date=17 March 2021 |quote=}}</ref> He won the Gold Medal Asian Games 2014 in Incheon in the men's compound archery team event along with [[Abhishek Verma (archer)|Abhishek Verma]] and [[Sandeep Kumar (archer)|Sandeep Kumar]]. In 2014 he also became the first Indian [[Compound bow|compound]] archer to qualify for the [[2014 Archery World Cup|Archery World Cup final]], and in 2015 reached the final of the [[2015 World Archery Championships]]. | ||
<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/sports-news/asiangames2014/asian-games-2014-indian-men-s-compound-team-wins-gold-women-settle-for-bronze/article1-1268928.aspx | title=Asian Games 2014: Indian men's compound team wins gold; women settle for bronze | | <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/sports-news/asiangames2014/asian-games-2014-indian-men-s-compound-team-wins-gold-women-settle-for-bronze/article1-1268928.aspx | title=Asian Games 2014: Indian men's compound team wins gold; women settle for bronze | newspaper=Hindustan Times | date=27 September 2014 | accessdate=27 September 2014 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927040649/http://www.hindustantimes.com/sports-news/asiangames2014/asian-games-2014-indian-men-s-compound-team-wins-gold-women-settle-for-bronze/article1-1268928.aspx | archivedate=27 September 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://zeenews.india.com/sports/2014-asian-games/india/asian-games-live-indian-mens-compound-archery-team-wins-historic-gold-women-settle-for-bronze_1476550.html | title=Asian Games LIVE: Indian men's compound archery team wins historic gold; women settle for bronze | publisher=Zee News | work=Dattaraj Thaly | date=27 September 2014 | accessdate=27 September 2014}}</ref> | ||
== Other Achievements == | == Other Achievements == | ||
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==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||
[[File:The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Arjuna Award for the year-2016 to Shri Rajat Chauhan for Archery, in a glittering ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on August 29, 2016.jpg|thumb|The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Arjuna Award for the year-2016 to Rajat Chauhan for Archery, in a glittering ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on August | [[File:The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Arjuna Award for the year-2016 to Shri Rajat Chauhan for Archery, in a glittering ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on August 29, 2016.jpg|thumb|The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Arjuna Award for the year-2016 to Rajat Chauhan for Archery, in a glittering ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on 29 August 2016]] | ||
* [[Arjuna Award]] (2016) | * [[Arjuna Award]] (2016) | ||
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[[Category:Indian male archers]] | [[Category:Indian male archers]] | ||
[[Category:Archers from Rajasthan]] | |||
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in archery]] | [[Category:Asian Games medalists in archery]] | ||
[[Category:Archers at the 2014 Asian Games]] | [[Category:Archers at the 2014 Asian Games]] | ||
[[Category:Archers at the 2018 Asian Games]] | [[Category:Archers at the 2018 Asian Games]] | ||
[[Category:Archers at the 2022 Asian Games]] | |||
[[Category:World Archery Championships medalists]] | [[Category:World Archery Championships medalists]] | ||
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for India]] | [[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for India]] | ||
[[Category:Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games]] | [[Category:Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games]] | ||
[[Category:1994 births]] | [[Category:1994 births]] | ||
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for India]] | [[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for India]] | ||
[[Category:Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games]] | [[Category:Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games]] | ||
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]] | [[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]] | ||
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Rajat Chauhan (born 30 December 1994[1]) is an Indian archer. Chauhan won a silver medal in the World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, becoming the first Indian to win an individual medal in compound archery at the World Championships.[2] He won the Gold Medal Asian Games 2014 in Incheon in the men's compound archery team event along with Abhishek Verma and Sandeep Kumar. In 2014 he also became the first Indian compound archer to qualify for the Archery World Cup final, and in 2015 reached the final of the 2015 World Archery Championships. [3][4]
Other Achievements[edit | edit source]
2015 Asian Archery Championships: Men's Individual[5]
2015 Asian Archery Championships: Men's Team[5]
Awards[edit | edit source]
- Arjuna Award (2016)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Info System: Athletes / CHAUHAN Rajat".
- ↑ "India's Rajat Chauhan settles for Silver at World Archery Championships". News 18. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ↑ "Asian Games 2014: Indian men's compound team wins gold; women settle for bronze". Hindustan Times. 27 September 2014. Archived from the original on 27 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ↑ "Asian Games LIVE: Indian men's compound archery team wins historic gold; women settle for bronze". Dattaraj Thaly. Zee News. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "19th Asian Championships + CQT Asia". World Archery. Retrieved 7 November 2015.