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Nisha Rani Dutta (born in Bundu, Ranchi district, Jharkhand[1]) is an Indian archer.
Career[edit | edit source]
Nisha Rani Dutta started archery at the age of 13. She joined Tata Archery Academy in 2005 and remained there till 2008. She used to earn a monthly stipend of 500 - 600 Rupees there.[2]
In 2007 she won silver in team (senior) event at Asian Championship, Taiwan. In 2008 Nisha won a bronze in team (senior) event at Asian Grand Prix, Bangkok. The same year at South Asian Archery Championship, Jamshedpur she won a silver in individual event.[1]
She went to Bengaluru in 2008 to Mittal Champions Trust and stayed there for a year on contract basis.[2]
In September 2010 Nisha attended the selection trials of South East Central Railway held at Bilaspur, Madhya Pradesh.[1]
After her two sisters got married, she had to take responsibility of her aged parents and could not give archery the required time.[1]
Personal life[edit | edit source]
Born to a poor family, Nisha Rani Dutta is the daughter of a farmer. Her father didn't have much land and faced difficulty even to buy seeds for farming.[2] In 2012 Dutta sold her silver bow (which she received as a gift from her Korean coach at Mittal Champions Trust) in order to repair her families mud house.[1][3]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Gupta, Amit (May 12, 2012). "Bowed by poverty, archer gets minister cash salve". ABP Group. The Telegraph. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Pati, Ipsita (April 4, 2012). "Poverty forces former archer to sell bow". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ↑ "Gold medalist archer Nisha Rani sells archery equipment for poverty - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2017-08-29.