User:Brijesh Kumar Chaurasiya

Brijesh Kumar Chaurasiya(born 17 October 1999) is an Indian Archer who competes in the Recurve discipline.

Early life
Chaurasiya was born on 17 October 1999 into a poor family. His family lived in a rented house.He born in Hameed Nagar and brought up Nehru Nagar in Maharajganj district. He studied his high school from Pt. Deen Dayal Inter College. Chaurasiya would sometimes accompany his father to work in the Sweet shop, during his teenage years.

Interested in sports from his childhood, Chaurasiya participated in 400 meters and 800 meters Athletics race at district level, but did not have enough stamina as a result of being mal nutrition. A gymnastics coach Ramesh Chander Sharma then bore the expenses for his training and diet, resulting in better performances and selection in the NCOE. After receiving training for one year in Salt Lake City, Kolkata, where his score improved, he shifted to Aurangabad, where he was trained in archery. Chaurasiya, still physically weak, experienced difficulty in handling the weight of the recurve bow, with the academy mulling to release him due to his sub-par performances. Yamuna Sports Complex then requested help from Ashim Kumar Kundu, a Senior coach, who asked the academy to give Chaurasiya a final chance. Having been given five shots to prove himself, Chaurasiya scored over 45 and retained his place in the academy.

Career
Chaurasiya is a national player from Delhi State. He started archery in Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi in 2015 in the come and play scheme under the Sports Authority of India. He won bronze medal in 2015 in the Delhi State Archery Championship first time. Next year, He became Sub-Junior State champion with 3 gold and a bronze medal in 2017 and got selected for National and in 2022, he won individual bronze medal in Senior Recurve category.Represented India at the 2023 World Indoor Series in France, where he won bronze medal in the elimination.

Personal life
Chaurasiya belongs from Maharajganj district which is near Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh and other side Nepal border. At age 11,he was a cricketer and he played U-14 for his district and zone. After he left playing cricket due to lack of financial condition. His father Ram Lakshman Chaurasiya was a sweet maker so he didn't fulfill the financial requirements. So he came to New Delhi at the age 15 and started playing Archery.