Rahul Banerjee (archer)
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Rahul Banerjee (Bengali
Bengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...

: রাহুল বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়)(born Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

, 15 December 1986) is an India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n sportsman who competes in archery
Archery
Archery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow, from Latin arcus. Archery has historically been used for hunting and combat; in modern times, however, its main use is that of a recreational activity...

. He is son of Ashok Banerjee and Kalpana Banerjee.

Banerjee started archery at the age of thirteen. His sister Dola Banerjee
Dola Banerjee
Dola Banerjee is an Indian sportswoman who competes in archery.-Early life:Dola Banerjee is daughter of Ashok Banerjee and Kalpana Banerjee. She was born in Baranagar near Kolkata. She studied in Baranagar Rajkumari Memorial Girls High School. At the age of nine, she joined Baranagar Archery Club...

 is also an ace archer. His first International appearance was in Youth World Championship in 2004 & won silver in Team Events, which is the first ever world level medal for Indian Archery. He won several Gold medals at the World Cup Archery in 2008, 2009 & 2010 also won Individual Gold Medal in Asian Grand Prix in the year 2009&2010. In the 2010 Commonwealth Games
2010 Commonwealth Games
The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games till date...

 in Delhi
Delhi
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, he won Gold Medal in Men's Individual recurve event and Bronze in Team event..He won Bronze in 16th Asian Games Guangzhou 2010 in Team Event.He is also honored by Arjuna Award in the year 2011.
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