Mangal Singh Champia
{{Short description|Indian archer (born 1983)}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's recurve archery}}
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{{MedalCompetition | Asian Games}}
{{MedalBronze | 2006 Doha | Team }}
{{MedalBronze | 2010 Guangzhou | Team }}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2007 Xi'an|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2009 Denpasar|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|2007 Xi'an|Individual}}
{{MedalCompetition | Archery World Cup}}
{{MedalSilver | 2015 Wroclaw | Mixed Team }}
{{MedalGold | 2010 Antalaya | Team }}
{{MedalSilver | 2010 Porec | Team }}
{{MedalSilver | 2009 Antalaya | Team }}
{{MedalGold | 2009 Croatia | Team }}
{{MedalGold | 2009 Santo Domingo | Team }}
{{MedalGold | 2008 Antalaya | Team }}
{{MedalBronze | 2008 Croatia | Team }}
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Mangal Singh Champia (born 9 November 1983) is an Indian archer, who won multiple medals in several international events, including the 2006 Asian Games. He was conferred with the Arjuna award by the President of India for the year 2009.
Mangal started archery in the year 1995 and became pro in 2008.
He has secured 2016 Rio Olympics berth.{{Cite web|title = Archer Mangal Singh Champia clinches Rio berth|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/Archer-Mangal-Singh-Champia-clinches-Rio-berth/articleshow/48291324.cms|website = The Times of India| date=31 July 2015 |accessdate = 2015-11-07}}
Other achievements
{{Gold1}} 15th Asian Archery Championships, China: Men's Team Event
{{Gold1}} 3rd Asian Grand Prix, Iran
{{Silver2}} 2nd Commonwealth Archery Championships, India
{{Silver2}} 3rd Asian Archery Grand Prix Tournament, Indonesia
{{Bronze3}} 2010 Asian Games: Men's Team Event
{{Bronze3}} 15th Asian Archery Championships, China: Individual Event
2008 Summer Olympics
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Champia finished his ranking round with a total of 678 points, just one point behind Juan René Serrano and equal with Viktor Ruban and scoring more bull's eyes than Serrano. This gave him the second seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Hojjatollah Vaezi in the first round, beating the Iranian 112-98. In the second round Champia faced 31st seed Bair Badënov, but was unable to beat the Russian who won with 109-108. Badënov went on to win the bronze medal.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080813202401/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/4/205924.shtml Athlete biography: Mangal Singh Champia], beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 17 2008
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080812032702/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/AR/C73A/ARM070901.shtml#ARM070901 Beijing Olympics 08 Archery Results for Individuals]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080813202401/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/4/205924.shtml Beijing Olympics Biography]
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Category:Olympic archers for India
Category:Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award
Category:Sportspeople from Jamshedpur
Category:Archers from Jharkhand
Category:Asian Games medalists in archery
Category:Archers at the 1998 Asian Games
Category:Archers at the 2006 Asian Games
Category:Archers at the 2010 Asian Games
Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India