Limba Ram
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Archery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 4th in 1992 Barcelona Olympics. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Limba Ram is an Indian
Padma Shri Award in 2012.[2]
Early life
Limba Ram was born in
Shyam Lal) were spotted by selectors of the Sports Authority of India. Thereafter, all four boys were sent to New Delhi for the Special Area Games Programme, a four-month training camp under the coaching of R. S. Sodhi.[3][4]
The Akhil Bharatiya Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram, the RSS-linked organisation that works for tribal welfare, has claimed that it identified Limba Ram through its Ekalavya Khelkood Pratiyogita competition.[5][6]
Career
Limba Ram was spotted and trained by the Sports Authority of India in 1987. In that same year, he became overall champion at the National Junior Level Archery Tournaments held in
Asian Cup
in Individuals and India got team Gold.
In 1990, he helped India finish fourth at the Beijing
Barcelona Olympics, Ram missed the Bronze medal because score was tied and the opponent player has shot just 1 ten higher in the 70-meter segment and finished with 9th rank in qualifying round and finished 4th in elimination round and did not qualify for Bronze Medal match. In 1995, he stood with second rank and the team would win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games held in New Delhi. In 1996 he was National Champion with Asian Record.[10]
And also participated in 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics.
Awards
The Government of India honoured him with the
Arjuna award in 1991[11] and Padma Shri
in 2012.
Decline
In 1996 Limba Ram joined
TATA Group. In the same year he suffered from serious shoulder injury while playing football in training camp at Kolkata. He was unable to shoot a bow and lost his focus and concentration. He discontinued his job with TATA due to this problem. He joined Punjab National Bank in 2001 as a cashier. In 2003, he participated in third National ranking prize money archery tournament organised by Sports Authority of India but finished 16th.[12]
Present status
On January 10, 2009, to 2012 London Olympics
World Archery Championship Medals: 1 Silver, 2011 World Archery Youth Championship Medals: 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze and 2012 London Olympic Games
, 2012 World Cup Medals: 1 Gold, 2 Silver
Total 11 Golds, 20 Silvers and 16 Bronze medals under season 2009 to 2012 London Olympics his coaching, guidance and his achievement as National Chief Coach of Indian Archery.[13]
[14][15][16][17][18][19]
References
- ^ "Limba Ram Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Padma Awards". pib. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
- ^ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Sport". www.tribuneindia.com.
- ^ "Limba Ram : Biography, Profile, Records, Awards and Achievement". 1 February 2018.
- ^ Aiming high - Vanavasi Kalyana Ashram is helping tribals achieve self-reliance - The Hindu, Saturday, February 25, 2006
- ^ Sangh Sandesh, January–March 2012, Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh UK
- ^ "Archery Association of India". www.indianarchery.info.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Broken Arrow". 13 July 2003.
- ^ "Limba Ram Profile - Indian Archer Limba Ram Biography - Information on Limba Ram Archer India". www.iloveindia.com.
- ^ "The Hindu : Prasad sets national record". Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "News.outlookindia.com | Limba Ram Appointed National Archery Coach". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
- ^ "Limba Ram expecting a good show in the Commonwealth Games". Archived from the original on 15 March 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
- ^ Ali, Syed Intishab (17 September 2008). "Archer Limba Ram now seeks fresh rural talent". DNA India.
- ^ "::News4u:: » coach Limba Ram". Archived from the original on 14 July 2012.
- ^ "Limba set for second innings". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 8 February 2009. Archived from the original on 14 February 2009.
- ^ "Limba eye on Delhi". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 8 February 2009. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009.
- ^ "Indian archers strong contenders in World Cup: Limba Ram - The Times of India". The Times Of India.
External links
- Limba Ram at Olympedia
