Ankita Bhakat is a talented archer who is all set to represent India at the Paris Olympics 2024.

Who is Ankita Bhakat? News In Hindi: Paris Olympics 2024 is going to start from 26th July. In which more than 10 thousand athletes of the world are going to claim to win medals. India is also ready for this. This time 113 athletes from India will claim for medals. From Neeraj Chopra to Mirabai Chanu and Nikhat Zareen, all eyes will be on who are the main contenders to win medals for India.

Meanwhile, the name of Ankita Bhakat is also in the news, who is going to represent India in the archery competition in Paris Olympics 2024. So let us tell you everything about her today…

Who is Ankita Bhakat?

Ankita Bhakat is a talented archer who is all set to represent India at the Paris Olympics 2024, scheduled to be held from July 26 to August 11.

She came into the limelight after winning the gold medal at the Youth Archery World Championships held in Rosario, Argentina in 2017. She partnered with Jameson Singh Ningthoujam and topped the recurve junior mixed team event.

Ankita, 26, had booked her place in Paris during the World Archery Olympic Qualifiers earlier this year.
Ankita Bhakat defeated Gabrielle Monica Bidaur of the Philippines 6-0 (26-23, 28-22, 28-23) to enter the top eight of the tournament

Ankita is set to make her Olympic debut and has a big responsibility to end India's wait for an archery medal on the big stage.

Let us tell you that Ankita is part of India's three-member women's team along with experienced Deepika Kumari and 18-year-old Bhajan Kaur. The men's team consists of Dheeraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai and Praveen Jadhav.

ankita bhakat career

Ankita Bhakat started archery at the age of just 10 and from there, she kept improving. In 2014, she joined the Tata Archery Academy in Jamshedpur, where she honed her skills under her coaches Ram Awadhesh, Purnima Mahato, and Dharmendra Tiwari.

Ankita passed the selection trials conducted by the Archers Association of India (AAI) and participated in the World Archery Youth Championships in Yankton, South Dakota in 2015. In 2022, Ankita won the gold medal during the Khelo India Women's National Ranking Archery Tournament at the JRD Tata Sports Complex.

Ankita also won a bronze medal in the women's team recurve event at the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou. She was part of the team that also included Simranjit Kaur and Bhajan Kaur. India lost to South Korea in the semi-finals after which they defeated Vietnam in the bronze medal match.

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