Dola Banerjee Profile
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Achievements: First Indian woman archer to qualify for the Olympics; won the 18th Golden Arrow Grand Prix tournament at Antalya; gold in 2006 SAF Games; Arjuna Award for 2005
Dola Banerjee deserves the credit for bringing women's archery into the national limelight. Dola, born on June 2, 1980, is the first Indian woman to achieve international success in a sport traditionally considered a male bastion.
A product of the Tata Archery Academy at Jamshedpur, Dola has been the numero uno woman archer at the national circuit. Thus it came as no surprise when Dola earned the distinction of becoming the first Indian woman archer to qualify for the Olympics by virtue of her superb effort in the 42nd World Outdoor Target Archery Championship in New York.
In 2005, Dola created history by winning the 18th Golden Arrow Grand Prix tournament at Antalya, Turkey where she defeated Ukrainian third seed Tatyana Dorokhova.
At the 2006 SAF Games held in Colombo, Dola out shot compatriot Reena Kumari to bag the women's individual recurve gold in archery. Dola Banerjee has been awarded the Arjuna Award for the year 2005.
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