Jayanta Talukdar

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Jayanta Talukdar (born 2 March 1986 in Guwahati) is an Indian archer from Assam. He has won individual gold Medal in the 2006 Archery World Cup.

Career

Talukdar was part of the Indian team that won the silver medal at the 2004 Junior World Championships. He followed up with a gold medal at the FITA Meteksan World Cup in 2006, becoming the first Indian archer (bhartiya tirandaj){{Clarify|reason = Not sure what this means|date=February 2016}} to win gold at the event.{{cite news|url=http://www.assamtimes.org/social/sports/342.html|title=Jayanta, Assamese archer wins Arjuna Award|date=10 August 2007|publisher=Assam Times|accessdate=2009-09-22|archive-date=25 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725022738/http://www.assamtimes.org/social/sports/342.html|url-status=dead}} In 2006 he also won a gold medal at the South Asian Games and a bronze medal in the team competition at the 2006 Asian Games.

Despite losses in 2009, the Tata Steel sponsored Talukdar was seeded Number 1 for the 2009 World Cup in Copenhagen.{{cite news|url=http://www.ptinews.com/news/294034_Talukdar-eyes-World-Cup-gold|title=Talukdar eyes World Cup gold|date=22 September 2009|publisher=Press Trust of India|accessdate=2009-09-22}}

On 21 June 2012, Jayanta Talukdar made it to the Indian men's recurve archers team for London Olympics 2012, he competed in both the men's individual and the men's team events.{{cite news| url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tournaments/london-olympics/Indian-archery-team-books-Olympic-ticket/articleshow/14348332.cms| title= Indian archery team books Olympic ticket | date=23 June 2012}}{{Cite web|title=Jayanta Talukdar Bio, Stats, and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/jayanta-talukdar-1.html |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=2016-02-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307215909/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/jayanta-talukdar-1.html |archivedate=2016-03-07 }} He lost to Jacob Wukie in the first round of the individual event, and India lost to Japan in the first round of the team event.{{Cite web|title = individual (FITA Olympic round – 70m) men results – Archery – London 2012 Olympics|url = http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/archery/individual-fita-olympic-round-70m-m|website = olympic.org|access-date = 2016-02-03}}{{Cite web|title = team (FITA Olympic round – 70m) men results – Archery – London 2012 Olympics|url = http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/archery/team-fita-olympic-round-70m-m|website = olympic.org|access-date = 2016-02-03}}

In November, 2015, he won Bronze medal in the 2015 Asian Archery Championships with Deepika Kumari in the Recurve Mixed Team event.{{Cite web|title = 19th Asian Championships + CQT Asia|url = http://worldarchery.org/competition/14280/19th-asian-championships-cqt-asia|website = World Archery|accessdate = 2015-11-06}}

Tokyo Olympics

He is most probably in for the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games.{{Cite web|title=Selection trials for Olympic archery qualifiers in March|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/news/detail/indian-archery-olympic-qualifiers-final-selection-trials-world-cup/|access-date=2021-02-02|website=Olympic Channel}}