Archery World Cup Final: India's best performing archers over the years
Premier Indian archer Deepika Kumari will look to add to her medal tally at the upcoming Archery World Cup Final
Star Indian recurve archers Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari will return to action, after their appearance at Tokyo 2020, in the Archery World Cup Final in Yankton, USA on September 29.
Abhishek Verma, meanwhile, will be the lone Indian compound archer at the World Archery's season ending finale, which will feature top 32 archers in the world, across genders and bow category.
Let us look at India's best performing archers at the Archery World Cup Final.
How do archers qualify for the World Cup Final?
The Archery World Cup is held in four stages in as many countries. These four stages determine the best eight archers (per gender) from each category who advance to the Archery World Cup Final.
Who are India's most decorated archers at the World Cup Final?
Deepika Kumari
World No.1 women's recurve archer, Deepika Kumari, will be vying for her first gold medal at the World Cup final in 2021. Kumari, however, has clinched five medals (four silver and one bronze) at the season-ending finale.
The three-time Olympian bagged individual silver medals at the World Cup Final in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2015 while her only bronze medal came in 2018.
The archer has, meanwhile, recorded seven appearances at the World Cup Final.
Dola Banerjee
2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) bronze medallist, Dola Banerjee, recorded a single medal (gold) at the World Cup final.
The two-time Olympian clinched gold at the World Cup Final in 2007. She has qualified for the event twice.
Jayanta Talukdar
Jayanta Talukdar, one of the finest Indian archers, has recorded one medal (bronze) at the World Cup Final.
The Olympian clinched his only bronze medal at the World Cup Final in 2010. He has, however, recorded three appearances in the marquee event.
Abhishek Verma
2014 Asian Games silver medallist and India's premier compound archer Abhishek Verma has recorded two individual medals (one silver and a bronze) at the World Cup Final.
The Arjuna awardee won a silver medal at the 2015 World Cup Final while he bagged the bronze in 2018. Verma, incidentally, also clinched a silver medal with Jyothi Surekha Vennam in 2018.
He has made two appearances at the World Cup Final.
Jyothi Surekha Vennam
2021 World Archery Championships silver medallist Jyothi Surekha Vennam recorded her only medal (silver) at the mixed team event in the World Cup Final.
The premier Indian compound archer had paired up with Verma, in the event, back in 2018.
It was also her only appearance at the World Cup Final.