Chekrovolü Swüro

Chekrovolü Swüro
	The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Arjuna Award to Ms. Chekrovolü Swüro for Archery, at the National Sports & Adventure awards ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi on 31 August 2013
Personal information
Nationality	Indian
Born	21 November 1982 (age 42); Dzülhami, Phek District, Nagaland, India
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Archery
Medal record
Women's recurve archery
Representing India
Asian Championships

Chekrovolü Swüro (born 21 November 1982) is an Indian archer from Nagaland.^[1] She represented India in archery in the 2002 Asian Games and 2006 Asian Games held at Busan, South Korea, and Doha, Qatar, respectively. She was a member of the silver medal-winning team in the 2011 World Archery Championships, held at Turin, Italy.^[2] By winning a silver medal in the team event at the 2011 World Archery Championships in Turin, she qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in both women's individual and team archery.^[3]^[4]

Personal life

Swüro lives in Chümoukedima, Nagaland. She serves as Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in the Nagaland Armed Police (NAP). Her elder sister, Vesüzolü S. Vadeo, was a former national archer. She has been competing at the international level for more than a decade, during which she has won many medals. Swüro represented India at the 2012 London Olympic Games. She is the second Naga athlete to participate in the Olympics after a gap of 64 years.^[5]^[6]

Awards and recognition

Arjuna Award: 2013^[7]^[8]
Dr. T. Ao Award: 2012^[9]

Career in Archery

2001 12th Asian Archery Championship Hong Kong; Indv. Qtr Final
2002 2nd Asian Archery Championship, China; Indv. Qtr Final
2002 14th Asian Games, Bhusan, Korea ; Indv. Qtr Final
2003 13th Asian Archery Championship, Myanmar; Team
2005 World Archery Championship Madrid, Spain ; Team
2005 Asian Archery Championship New Delhi, India; Team Bronze
2006 Commonwealth Archery Champ. Jamshedpur, India; Team Gold
2006 Asian Games, Doha, Qatar; Participated
2007 15th Asian Archery Championship, China; Team Bronze
2007 World Cup Stage IV, Dover, Great Britain; Team Bronze
2007 World Archery Championship, Dover, Great Britain; Participated
2009 16th Asian Archery Championship, Bali, Indonesia, Team 4th Position
2011 World Cup Stage 2, Antalya, Turkey; Team Bronze
2011 World Archery Championship, Turin, Italy; Team Silver
2011 World cup Stage 3, Turin, Italy ; Team Silver
2012 Summer Olympics in both women's individual and team archery; Participated^[10]

References

^ "Chekrovolu Swuro". Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
^ Chekrovolu Swuro - the second Olympian from Nagaland Archived 23 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine, India-north-east.com
^ "Biography of Chekrovolu Swuro". opex.nic.in. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
^ "Indian archers seem poised for medals at olympics". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
^ "Indian archers seem poised for medals at olympics". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
^ "Chekrovolu Swuro: A Role Model For Young Nagas". Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
^ "LIST OF ARJUNA AWARD WINNERS - Football | Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports". yas.nic.in. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Archived from the original on 25 December 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2007.
^ "List of Arjuna Awardees (1961–2018)" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
^ "Arjuna Award — 'moment of pride for Nagas'". easternmirrornagaland.com. Kohima, Nagaland: The Eastern Mirror. 14 August 2013. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
^ "Chekrovolu Swuro (A Profile)". 24 April 2013. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2015.

External links

[1] "Chekrovolu Swuro". Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.

[2] Chekrovolu Swuro - the second Olympian from Nagaland Archived 23 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine, India-north-east.com

[3] "Biography of Chekrovolu Swuro". opex.nic.in. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2012.

[4] "Indian archers seem poised for medals at olympics". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 July 2012.

[5] "Indian archers seem poised for medals at olympics". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 July 2012.

[6] "Chekrovolu Swuro: A Role Model For Young Nagas". Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.

[7] "LIST OF ARJUNA AWARD WINNERS - Football | Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports". yas.nic.in. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Archived from the original on 25 December 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2007.

[8] "List of Arjuna Awardees (1961–2018)" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.

[9] "Arjuna Award — 'moment of pride for Nagas'". easternmirrornagaland.com. Kohima, Nagaland: The Eastern Mirror. 14 August 2013. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.

[10] "Chekrovolu Swuro (A Profile)". 24 April 2013. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2015.

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