Atanu Das

India's sporting elite converges in Lucknow for the Times of India Sports Awards, honouring a decade of excellence and the past year's achievements. The prestigious event, attended by legends and led by a distinguished jury, celebrates athletes across over 45 categories, including a significant focus on para-sports, recognizing outstanding performances and emerging talents who have made the nation proud.

Lucknow gears up for the Times of India Sports Awards on March 21, 2026, celebrating India's athletic excellence in 2025. The event will honour top performers across various sports, with a special focus on archery.

Bengaluru, Jun 26 () The Archery Association of India (AAI) today selected atanu das to represent the country in the men's recurve event at the Rio Olympics after conducting trials here. Das will be the only Indian representative in the men's category at the Rio Games, to be held in August.

Bengaluru, Jun 26 () The Archery Association of India (AAI) today selected atanu das to represent the country in the men's recurve event at the Rio Olympics after conducting trials here. Das will be the only Indian representative in the men's category at the Rio Games, to be held in August.

Indian men's archery team of Pravin Jadhav, atanu das and Tarundeep Rai downed Kazakhstan 6-2 to set up a quarterfinal clash against heavyweights Korea at the Tokyo Olympics here on Monday.

After bowing out of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics, India archer atanu das apologised for not being able to return with a medal.

The Archery Association of India (AAI) selected atanu das to represent the country in the men's recurve event at the Rio Olympics after conducting trials. He will be the only Indian representative in the men's category at the Rio Games.

Indian archer atanu das clinched a bronze medal in the men's recurve category at the Swiss Open Indoor Archery tournament in Lausanne. Das, a two-time Olympian, overcame tough competition, including Tokyo Games champion Mete Gazoz, before falling to Romain Fichet in the semifinals. He secured the bronze by defeating Thomas Rufer.

Reigning national champion Parth Salunkhe topped the qualification round even as the Tokyo Olympic-returned trio of Pravin Jadhav, atanu das and seniormost Tarundeep Rai slipped in the National Ranking Archery Tournament here on Saturday.

Archer atanu das has qualified for the pre-quarters of the men's individual event at the Olympics, and his coach - Limbaram - thinks he can win a gold for India. 'If Atanu keeps his focus, then I am confident he's going to win gold this time,' Limbaram said.

Indian archers Deepika Kumari and atanu das exchanged rings in an engagement ceremony here, and they will tie the knot next year.

At a time when postponement is the buzz word, archers atanu das and Deepika Kumari decided to prepone their wedding. The duo had planned to get married after the 2020 Olympics.

atanu das showed fine composure and skill to bounce back from a poor start in his maiden Olympics to finish fifth in the qualification round as archery got underway at Brazil's historic Samba street on Friday.

atanu das and Deepika Kumari will be the first Indian couple to take part in the same event in an Olympic Games as both recurve archers earned their tickets to the Tokyo Games after the 3-day final selection trials concluded at Army Sports Institute in Pune on Monday.

It couldn't have got better for atanu das. Just two months after getting hitched to India teammate Deepika Kumari, the Kolkata boy has been picked for the coveted Arjuna award.

Indian archer atanu das has vowed to dish out his best performance at next year's Tokyo Games, saying he is much better prepared, having worked on various aspects of his game after an ordinary outing at the Rio Olympics.

Indian recurve archers bagged two medals -- a silver and a bronze -- in the second World Cup held at Medellin, Columbia on Monday.

It was a different experience for the athletes this time as the Tokyo Games was held under the shadow of Covid-19.

Star archer Deepika Kumari and her husband atanu das were on Thursday dropped from the Sports Ministry's Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) due to their below-par performances in the national ranking tournament.

Indian youngster atanu das remained in the hunt for a bronze medal in the men's individual recurve section, even as his team-mates suffered early elimination in the Archery World Cup Stage 3 at the Konyaalti Beach Park on Thursday.

Following is India's schedule on the opening day of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday.

Top Indian archers, including atanu das and Deepika Kumari, made first round exits as Sukhchain Singh clinched the senior recurve men's title to lead a Services clean sweep in the National Ranking tournament, here on Sunday.

India's Jayanta Talukdar was seeded directly into the round of 32 after qualifying fourth in the recurve event of the Stage III of the Archery World Cup in Antalya today.

Olympian couple atanu das and Deepika Kumari finished on the podium in the just-concluded 41st Senior National Archery Championship at MA Stadium in Jammu. While the former ended up with a silver, his wife claimed a bronze in the men’s and women’s recurve individual categories respectively.

atanu das and Deepika Kumari took a step towards making the cut for another Olympic Games by topping the selection trials after three stages of qualifications.

Recently-engaged couple atanu das and Deepika Kumari made it to the Indian squad for the World Archery Championship to be held in s'Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, from June 10-16. The squad was selected after a three-day trial in Bhubaneswar among the top 16 archers that were identified from an open selection trials held in Jan.

Talented archer atanu das provided a silver lining on a disappointing day for the Indians by entering the pre-quarterfinals of the Individual Recurve event at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday.

Nearly nine years after he failed to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics, a mentally stronger and more skilled atanu das will be eyeing to make a mark and go two steps further in clinching a medal in archery in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics slated to be held later this year.