Abhishek Verma
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Biography
Abhishek Verma (Hindi: अभिषेक वर्मा, born 26 June 1989) is an Indian archer. At the 2014 Asian Games at Incheon, he won the gold medal in the men's compound archery team event along with Rajat Chauhan and Sandeep Kumar, and the silver medal in the men's individual compound event. On 15 August 2015, he won a gold medal in the compound men's individual section at the Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Wroclaw, Poland. On 25 October 2015, he won the silver medal in the compound men's individual section at the Archery World Cup Final in Mexico city.
The Indian women’s compound team, that was composed of Abhishek Verma, Chinna Raju Srither and Amanjeet Sing, won bronze on the penultimate day of the archery World Cup stage one championship in Shanghai, after defeating Colombia for 226-221.
Abhishek Verma works as Income Tax Inspector in the Income Tax Department.
Awards
- Arjuna Award (2014)