Rajat Chauhan

{{Short description|Indian archer (born 1994)}}

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{{Infobox sportsperson

| image = Arjuna Award for the year-2016 to Shri Rajat Chauhan for Archery, in New Delhi on August 29, 2016 (cropped).jpg

| name = Rajat Chauhan

| country = {{IND}}

| sport = Archery

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|12|30}}

| birth_place = Rajasthan, India

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport| Men's compound archery}}

{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Copenhagen| Individual}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Incheon| Team}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Jakarta| Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Bangkok|Individual}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Bangkok|Team}}

{{MedalSilver|2017 Dhaka|Team}}

{{MedalSilver|2019 Bangkok|Team}}

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Rajat Chauhan (born 30 December 1994{{Cite web|url=http://worldgames2013.sportresult.com/nh/en/300/Participant/ParticipantInfo/d1cb2f6d-dd8f-4198-b7bd-6dc3e9e7ba17|title=Info System: Athletes / CHAUHAN Rajat}}) is an Indian archer. Chauhan won a silver medal in the World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, becoming the first Indian to win an individual medal in compound archery at the World Championships.{{cite web |url=https://www.news18.com/news/other-sports/indias-rajat-chauhan-settles-for-silver-at-world-archery-championships-1028907.html |title=India's Rajat Chauhan settles for Silver at World Archery Championships |author= |date=1 August 2015 |website=News 18 |publisher= |access-date=17 March 2021 |quote=}} He won the Gold Medal in the Asian Games 2014 in Incheon in the men's compound archery team event along with Abhishek Verma and Sandeep Kumar. In 2014 he also became the first Indian compound archer to qualify for the Archery World Cup final, and in 2015 reached the final of the 2015 World Archery Championships.

{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/sports-news/asiangames2014/asian-games-2014-indian-men-s-compound-team-wins-gold-women-settle-for-bronze/article1-1268928.aspx | title=Asian Games 2014: Indian men's compound team wins gold; women settle for bronze | newspaper=Hindustan Times | date=27 September 2014 | accessdate=27 September 2014 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927040649/http://www.hindustantimes.com/sports-news/asiangames2014/asian-games-2014-indian-men-s-compound-team-wins-gold-women-settle-for-bronze/article1-1268928.aspx | archivedate=27 September 2014 }}{{cite web | url=http://zeenews.india.com/sports/2014-asian-games/india/asian-games-live-indian-mens-compound-archery-team-wins-historic-gold-women-settle-for-bronze_1476550.html | title=Asian Games LIVE: Indian men's compound archery team wins historic gold; women settle for bronze | publisher=Zee News | work=Dattaraj Thaly | date=27 September 2014 | accessdate=27 September 2014}}