Deepika Kumari won women individual title at 34th National Archery Championship

Sports Current Affairs: December 2013



>> Top ranked women recurve archer Deepika Kumari (Jharkhand) retained the individual title, while in the men's section Atanau Das (PSPB) emerged winner in the Individual Olympic Round of the 34th Senior National Archery Championship held at JRD Tata Sports complex Jamshedpur on 25 December 2013.

>> It was her sixth consecutive title.

>> Deepika by winning the sixth National title consecutively has set the record of winning the most individual titles at the national meet. Earlier it was Dola Banerjee who won five national titles.


>> However, the record of winning most individual titles is still held by Bengal archer Krishna Ghatak, with seven consecutive titles between 1975 and 1982.

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