Atanu Das



Atanu Das (born 5 April 1992) is an Indian archer. He represents India in the recurve men's individual and team events. His current world ranking is 9 as of 22 July 2021. He is the spouse of former World No. 1 Indian archer Deepika Kumari. The Indian Men's recurve team consisting of Atanu Das, Dhiraj Bommadevara and Tushar Shelke won the silver medal at the 2022 Asian Games. They lost the final to Republic of Korea.

Career
Das started archery at the age of 14 under the coaching of Mithu Da. In 2008, he moved to Tata Archery Academy where he was trained under the Korean coach Lim Chae Wong. He made his international debut in 2008.

Das won the bronze medal, with Deepika Kumari, in the 2013 World Cup mixed team event organized in Colombia.

Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das beat Sjef van den Berg and Gabriela Schloesser of Netherlands and fetch India a third gold medal at the World Cup.

In the men's team event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Atanu Das was a member of Team India, which got knocked out by Team South Korea in the quarter-finals. However, in the Men's individual event, he managed to reach the Round of 8 after upsetting 3rd seed Oh Jin-hyek in the Round of 16. In this Atanu Das got praised from the Olympic Gold Medalist Oh Jin Hyek. Oh Jin Hyek said, “While it may appear to be an excuse, it is quite different from what it appears to be in a gust of wind,” Jin-hyek said. “Atanu is a great player. I wasn't any better than he was.” This is according to one article by Good Morning Mumbai website.

Personal life
Atanu Das was born on 5 April 1992 in Baranagar, West Bengal, India. He did his education in Baranagar Narendranath Vidyamandir, Baranagar. He is employed with Bharat Petroleum Sports Promotion Board, Kolkata.

Atanu Das married Deepika Kumari on June 30, 2020, in Ranchi.

Other achievements

 * Recurve Men's Individual, Senior National Archery Championships, India 2014
 * Recurve Men's Team, Asian Archery Grand Prix, Thailand, 2013. [with Rahul Banerjee and Binod Swansi]
 * Recurve Mixed Team, Asian Archery Grand Prix, Thailand, 2013 [with Bombayla Devi Laishram].
 * Recurve Men's Individual, Asian Archery Grand Prix, Thailand, 2013.
 * Recurve Mixed Team, 3rd Asian Grand Prix, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2011 [with Rimil Buriuly].
 * Bronze Medalist, Recurve Men's Team, 3rd Asian Grand Prix, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2011
 * Recurve Men's Individual, 3rd Asian Grand Prix, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2011
 * Recurve Men's Team, 34th National Games, Jamshedpur, India 2011
 * Recurve Men's Team, 31st Sahara Senior National Archery Championships, Vijaywada, India 2011
 * Recurve Junior Men's Team Men, Youth World Championship, Poland 2011
 * Recurve Boys' Team, 33rd Junior National Archery Championships, New Delhi, India 2010

Awards

 * The Times of India TOISA Archer of the Year: 2021